CVE-2018-11548 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can exhaust resources by opening unlimited P2P connections from a single IP, causing denial of service on EOS.IO nodes.
- 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-2018-11548?
CVE-2018-11548 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in EOS.IO DAWN 4.2. plugins/net_plugin/net_plugin.cpp does not limit the number of P2P connections from the same source IP address.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11548?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Block Eos.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11548?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11548 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-2018-11548 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11548 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rh3c-w6m8-74hf.