Openwsman up to 2.6.9 process_connection HTTP Requests resource management

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.8$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Openwsman up to 2.6.9. This issue affects the function process_connection. The manipulation as part of HTTP Requests leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-3833. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Openwsman up to 2.6.9. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function process_connection. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Requests leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to infinite loop in process_connection() when parsing specially crafted HTTP requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious HTTP request to cause denial of service to openwsman server.

The bug was discovered 04/02/2019. The weakness was published 03/14/2019 as Bug 1122623 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.suse.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-3833 since 01/03/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236655 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0094: openwsman (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0094)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 172156 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openwsman (SUSE-SU-2019:13981-1)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (236655) and SecurityFocus (BID 107368†). Similar entry is available at VDB-131794. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (Red Hat, Inc.): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 236655
Nessus Name: Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0094: openwsman (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0094)

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

01/03/2019 🔍
03/12/2019 +68 days 🔍
03/14/2019 +2 days 🔍
03/15/2019 +1 days 🔍
04/02/2019 +18 days 🔍
05/18/2025 +2238 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 1122623
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2019-3833 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-3833
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-131795
SecurityFocus: 107368 - OpenWSMAN CVE-2019-3816 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2019 09:12
Updated: 05/18/2025 20:31
Changes: 03/15/2019 09:12 (61), 05/16/2020 21:51 (4), 08/01/2023 15:23 (14), 05/18/2025 20:31 (17)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you know our Splunk app?

Download it now for free!