CVE-2018-15404 Denial of service in Cisco Unified Computing System Director
Authenticated attackers can cause denial of service in Cisco UCS Director by sending crafted HTTP requests that oversubscribe system resources.
- 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-2018-15404?
CVE-2018-15404 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Director, published on 5 Oct 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor and Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the size or total amount of resources allowed via the web interface. An attacker who has valid credentials for the application could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted or malformed HTTP request to the web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause oversubscription of system resources or cause a component to become unresponsive, resulting in a DoS condition.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15404?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor, Cisco Unified Computing System Director.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15404?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15404 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-2018-15404 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15404 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Computing System Director
- CVE-2019-1935 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Unified Computing System Director
- CVE-2019-1937 Auth bypass in Cisco Unified Computing System Director
- CVE-2019-1974 Auth bypass in Cisco Unified Computing System Director
- CVE-2015-6259 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2019-1864 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v4j9-fcwh-hm62.