CVE-2018-15504 Null dereference in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

A NULL pointer dereference in GoAhead and Appweb web servers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted HTTP request headers.

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-2018-15504?

CVE-2018-15504 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juniper Junos, published on 18 Aug 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 Embedthis GoAhead before 4.0.1 and Appweb before 7.0.2. The server mishandles some HTTP request fields associated with time, which results in a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstrated by If-Modified-Since or If-Unmodified-Since with a month greater than 11.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15504?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Embedthis Appweb, Embedthis Goahead, Juniper Junos.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15504?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15504 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-15504 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Juniper Junos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x64c-pwxp-r95w.

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