CVE-2018-9115 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can freeze the Situational Layer in SitaWare, preventing updates to the situational picture without immediate user detection.
- 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-2018-9115?
CVE-2018-9115 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Systematic SitaWare 6.4 SP2 does not validate input from other sources sufficiently. e.g., information utilizing the NVG interface. An attacker can freeze the Situational Layer, which means that the Situational Picture is no longer updated. Unfortunately, the user cannot notice until he tries to work with that layer.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9115?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Systematicinc Sitaware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-9115?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9115 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-2018-9115 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9115 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cpwg-c993-6j33.