CVE-2018-0462 Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Denial of Service Vulnerability
An authenticated attacker can cause permanent system degradation by performing specific user management operations in Cisco NFVIS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-0462?
CVE-2018-0462 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software, published on 5 Oct 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the user management functionality of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-provided input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in with a highly privileged user account and performing a sequence of specific user management operations that interfere with the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to permanently degrade the functionality of the affected system.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0462?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Enterprise Network Virtualization Software.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0462?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0462 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-2018-0462 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0462 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6p7c-p2rc-54vq.