Daniel Gultsch Conversations 2.3.4 Message input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Daniel Gultsch Conversations 2.3.4. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-18467. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Daniel Gultsch Conversations 2.3.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Daniel Gultsch Conversations 2.3.4. It is possible to spoof a custom message to an existing opened conversation by sending an intent.

The bug was discovered 10/18/2018. The weakness was published 10/23/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-18467 since 10/18/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 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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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

10/18/2018 🔍
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10/23/2018 +4 days 🔍
10/23/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/30/2023 +1679 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 7177c523a1b31988666b9337249a4f1d0c36f479
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-18467 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18467
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125900

Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2018 08:22
Updated: 05/30/2023 17:44
Changes: 10/24/2018 08:22 (56), 04/06/2020 10:18 (2), 05/30/2023 17:44 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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