CVE-2018-20013 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can crash the UrBackup client by sending a malformed network request, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2018-20013?
CVE-2018-20013 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In UrBackup 2.2.6, an attacker can send a malformed request to the client over the network, and trigger a fileservplugin/CClientThread.cpp CClientThread::ProcessPacket metadata_id!=0 assertion, leading to shutting down the client application.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20013?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Urbackup Urbackup.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20013?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20013 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-2018-20013 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20013 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rrf7-qgvj-7pmj.