CVE-2018-15759 On Demand Services SDK Timing Attack Vulnerability
Attackers can infer valid credentials via timing attacks to bypass authentication and perform unauthorized broker operations in Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
- 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-2018-15759?
CVE-2018-15759 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Pivotal On Demand Services SDK, published on 19 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pivotal Cloud Foundry On Demand Services SDK, versions prior to 0.24 contain an insecure method of verifying credentials. A remote unauthenticated malicious user may make many requests to the service broker with different credentials, allowing them to infer valid credentials and gain access to perform broker operations.
Weakness: CWE-307
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15759?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Pivotal Software Broker Api, Pivotal Software on Demand Services Sdk.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15759?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15759 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2018-15759 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15759 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jqgg-5jpg-2hh9.