CVE-2019-6986 Command Injection in VIVO Vitro
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in VIVO Vitro via SPARQL injection in the uri parameter, requiring immediate patching.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-6986?
CVE-2019-6986 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SPARQL Injection in VIVO Vitro v1.10.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SPARQL via the uri parameter, leading to a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS), as demonstrated by crafted use of FILTER%20regex in a /individual?uri= request.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6986?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.vivoweb:vitro-project. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.vivoweb:vitro-project Maven | All versions | 1.11.0 |
org.vivoweb:vitro-project Maven | All versions | 1.11.0 |
Products include Duraspace Vitro.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6986?
Upgrade org.vivoweb:vitro-project to 1.11.0 or later.
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-2019-6986 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6986 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgq9-q8g2-3jmg.