CVE-2018-17891 Information disclosure in Vue RIS

Low 3.7 Published Updated

An attacker can obtain sensitive technical information from HTTP 500 errors when the Oracle TNS listener is unavailable, aiding further attacks.

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-2018-17891?

CVE-2018-17891 is a low-severity vulnerability in Carestream Vue RIS, published on 4 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Carestream Vue RIS, RIS Client Builds: Version 11.2 and prior running on a Windows 8.1 machine with IIS/7.5. When contacting a Carestream server where there is no Oracle TNS listener available, users will trigger an HTTP 500 error, leaking technical information an attacker could use to initiate a more elaborate attack.

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-209

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17891?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Carestream Carestream Vue Ris.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17891?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-17891 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-17891 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17891 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g72q-524q-phrp.

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