Apache Mesos up to pre-1.4.x Mesos Masters Rendering JSON Payload memory corruption

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apache Mesos up to pre-1.4.x. This affects an unknown function of the component Mesos Masters Rendering. The manipulation as part of JSON Payload leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-11793. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Mesos up to pre-1.4.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Mesos Masters Rendering. The manipulation as part of a JSON Payload leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

When parsing a JSON payload with deeply nested JSON structures, the parser in Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.1, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, and 1.7.0 might overflow the stack due to unbounded recursion. A malicious actor can therefore cause a denial of service of Mesos masters rendering the Mesos-controlled cluster inoperable.

The bug was discovered 03/04/2019. The weakness was published 03/05/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-11793 since 06/05/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/26/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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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Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Mesos

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.7.0
• pre-1.4.x

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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