CVE-2018-15505 Null dereference in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in GoAhead or Appweb web servers by sending a crafted HTTP POST request with a malformed Host header.
- 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-2018-15505?
CVE-2018-15505 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. An HTTP POST request with a specially crafted "Host" header field may cause a NULL pointer dereference and thus cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by the lack of a trailing ']' character in an IPv6 address.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15505?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Embedthis Appweb, Embedthis Goahead, Juniper Junos.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-15505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2g98-g66w-rvrw.