Redhat redhat-certification Document Loader XML File resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Redhat redhat-certification. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Document Loader. Performing a manipulation as part of XML File results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-10864. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Redhat redhat-certification (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the component Document Loader. The manipulation as part of a XML File leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw has been discovered in redhat-certification in the way documents are loaded. A remote attacker may provide an existing but invalid XML file which would be opened and never closed, possibly producing a Denial of Service.

The bug was discovered 08/10/2018. The weakness was shared 08/13/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-10864 since 05/09/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111774 (RHEL 7 : redhat-certification (RHSA-2018:2373)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236958 (Red Hat Update for redhat-certification (RHSA-2018:2373)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (111774). The entries VDB-121973 and VDB-121974 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 111774
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : redhat-certification (RHSA-2018:2373)
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05/09/2018 🔍
08/09/2018 +92 days 🔍
08/10/2018 +1 days 🔍
08/13/2018 +2 days 🔍
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Advisory: RHSA-2018:2373
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CVE: CVE-2018-10864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122799
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2018 06:42
Updated: 05/01/2023 14:06
Changes: 08/14/2018 06:42 (66), 03/15/2020 09:18 (4), 05/01/2023 14:00 (4), 05/01/2023 14:06 (11)
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