CVE-2015-2312 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via resource exhaustion by sending lists with excessive elements in Cap'n Proto.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-2312?
CVE-2015-2312 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sandstorm Cap'n Proto before 0.4.1.1 and 0.5.x before 0.5.1.1 allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (CPU and possibly general resource consumption) via a list with a large number of elements.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2312?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Capnproto Capnproto.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2312?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2015-2312 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2312 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2312, GHSA-2wgh-cg2p-67mv, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2312.