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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2018
- **Updated:** 29 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ww8h-rgpp-5jw6

## 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 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0285?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2018-0285 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime Service Catalog

- [CVE-2019-1874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1874/): Cisco Prime Service Catalog Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-0107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0107/): Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Prime Service Catalog (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-0581](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0581/): XML external entity in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-12364](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12364/): SQL injection in Cisco Prime Service Catalog (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2015-6395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6395/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-0285 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Cisco Prime Service Catalog. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0285/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0285/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0285
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0285
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0285

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