CVE-2019-5445 Denial of service in EdgeMAX
An admin user can crash the SSH CLI interface on EdgeMAX EdgeSwitch devices by using crafted commands, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5445?
CVE-2019-5445 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in EdgeMAX, published on 10 Jul 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
DoS in EdgeMAX EdgeSwitch prior to 1.8.2 allow an Admin user to Crash the SSH CLI interface by using crafted commands.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5445?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ui Edgeswitch Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5445?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5445 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-2019-5445 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5445 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in EdgeMAX
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c77c-xc78-vg5v.