CVE-2018-1269 Denial of service in Loggregator
A remote authenticated user can cause denial of service in Cloud Foundry Loggregator by triggering dangling TCP connections through malicious requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1269?
CVE-2018-1269 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Loggregator, published on 6 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cloud Foundry Loggregator, versions 89.x prior to 89.5 or 96.x prior to 96.1 or 99.x prior to 99.1 or 101.x prior to 101.9 or 102.x prior to 102.2, does not handle errors thrown while constructing certain http requests. A remote authenticated user may construct malicious requests to cause the traffic controller to leave dangling TCP connections, which could cause denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-755
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1269?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cloudfoundry Loggregator.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1269?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1269 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-2018-1269 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1269 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cloud Foundry Loggregator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rq2f-rgc6-gfh9.