CVE-2018-15800 Timing attack allows extraction of signing key in Bits Service
Attackers can extract the signing key via timing attacks to gain full read and write access to Bits Service storage.
- 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-2018-15800?
CVE-2018-15800 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Bits Service Release, published on 10 Dec 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cloud Foundry Bits Service, versions prior to 2.18.0, includes an information disclosure vulnerability. A remote malicious user may execute a timing attack to brute-force the signing key, allowing them complete read and write access to the the Bits Service storage.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15800?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cloud Foundry Bits Service.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15800?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15800 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-15800 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15800 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wxfx-g5v8-gmxf.