Asciidoctor 1.5.7.1 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Asciidoctor 1.5.7.1. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-18385. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Asciidoctor 1.5.7.1. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Asciidoctor v1.5.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop), as demonstrated by web applications that deliver untrusted input to this product, because Parser#next_block misuses a "while true" statement.

The bug was discovered 09/26/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-18385 since 10/16/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 20 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/26/2018 🔍
10/16/2018 +19 days 🔍
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10/17/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/25/2023 +1681 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 2888
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18385 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18385
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125362

Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2018 06:43
Updated: 05/25/2023 15:01
Changes: 10/17/2018 06:43 (54), 04/02/2020 16:31 (1), 05/25/2023 15:01 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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