CVE-2018-0285 Denial of service in Cisco Prime Service Catalog

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An authenticated remote attacker can exhaust disk space via excessive logging, causing denial of service to the user interface.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-0285?

CVE-2018-0285 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Prime Service Catalog, published on 2 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in service logging for Cisco Prime Service Catalog could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to deny service to the user interface. The vulnerability is due to exhaustion of disk space. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing certain operations that lead to excessive logging. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to deny service to the user interface. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd39568.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0285?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Prime Service Catalog.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0285?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2018-0285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ww8h-rgpp-5jw6.

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