CVE-2018-1000617 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a thread crash and denial of service in the Atlassian Floodlight Controller via improper type casting.
- 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-2018-1000617?
CVE-2018-1000617 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Atlassian Floodlight Atlassian Floodlight Controller version 1.2 and earlier versions contains a Denial of Service vulnerability in Forwarding module that can result in Improper type cast in Forwarding module allows remote attackers to cause a DoS(thread crash).. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity (Remote attack).
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000617?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Atlassian Floodlight Controller.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1000617?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1000617 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-2018-1000617 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000617 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7xw8-42r6-x6f9.