CVE-2019-6458 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in GNU Recutils allows attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering excessive memory consumption during parsing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-6458?
CVE-2019-6458 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a memory leak in rec_buf_new in rec-buf.c when called from rec_parse_rset in rec-parser.c in librec.a.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6458?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Recutils.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6458?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2019-6458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6458, GHSA-46g4-87q8-h7hc, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6458.