CVE-2015-1808 Jenkins Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS)

What is CVE-2015-1808?

CVE-2015-1808 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 16 Oct 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins before 1.600 and LTS before 1.596.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (improper plug-in and tool installation) via crafted update center data.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1808?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core. It affects 2 products.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins, Redhat Openshift.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1808?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 1.596.1 or 1.600.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-1808 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1808 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3rwx-3vwh-mwxc.