CVE-2018-10632 Denial of service in NPort 5210, 5230, and 5232
A malicious actor can cause a denial-of-service condition on Moxa NPort serial device servers by requesting excessive 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-2018-10632?
CVE-2018-10632 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Moxa NPort 5210, 5230, and 5232, published on 24 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Moxa NPort 5210, 5230, and 5232 versions 2.9 build 17030709 and prior, the amount of resources requested by a malicious actor are not restricted, allowing for a denial-of-service condition.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10632?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Moxa Nport 5210 Firmware, Moxa Nport 5230 Firmware, Moxa Nport 5232 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10632?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10632 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-2018-10632 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10632 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g28g-qq9m-986c.