CVE-2018-0700 Denial of service in YukiWiki

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in YukiWiki by sending requests that consume excessive CPU and memory resources.

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

What is CVE-2018-0700?

CVE-2018-0700 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hiroshi Yuki YukiWiki, published on 15 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

YukiWiki 2.1.3 and earlier does not process a particular request properly that may allow consumption of large amounts of CPU and memory resources and may result in causing a denial of service condition.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0700?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hyuki Yukiwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0700?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0700 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-2018-0700 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4486-fjcc-2h74.

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