CVE-2018-21028 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a memory leak in the Boa web server by exploiting missing memory deallocation calls, leading to resource exhaustion.
- 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-2018-21028?
CVE-2018-21028 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Boa through 0.94.14rc21 allows remote attackers to trigger a memory leak because of missing calls to the free function.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-21028?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Boa Boa.
How do I fix CVE-2018-21028?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-21028 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-2018-21028 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21028 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w8rr-89rm-479r.