Lightbend Spray spray-json up to 1.3.4 Field Parser Complexity resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Lightbend Spray spray-json up to 1.3.4. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Field Parser. This manipulation causes resource consumption (Complexity). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-18853. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Lightbend Spray spray-json up to 1.3.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Field Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability (Complexity). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Lightbend Spray spray-json through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) because of Algorithmic Complexity during the parsing of a field composed of many decimal digits.

The bug was discovered 10/31/2018. The weakness was presented 10/30/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-18853 since 10/29/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

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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Productinfo

Vendor

Lightbend

Name

Spray spray-json

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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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

Name: Complexity
Class: Resource consumption / Complexity
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/29/2018 🔍
10/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/31/2018 +0 days 🔍
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11/01/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/04/2023 +1676 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 278
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18853 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18853
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126373
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/01/2018 05:46
Updated: 06/04/2023 09:28
Changes: 11/01/2018 05:46 (57), 04/09/2020 12:23 (1), 06/04/2023 09:28 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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