CVE-2018-17019 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Bro network monitors by sending malicious IRC protocol names commands.
- 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-2018-17019?
CVE-2018-17019 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Bro through 2.5.5, there is a DoS in IRC protocol names command parsing in analyzer/protocol/irc/IRC.cc.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17019?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bro Bro.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17019?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-17019 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-2018-17019 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17019 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcrf-wj6f-p332, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17019.