JetBrains PyCharm up to 2019.1 Connection resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in JetBrains PyCharm up to 2019.1. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Connection Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource consumption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-14958. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in JetBrains PyCharm up to 2019.1. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Connection Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

JetBrains PyCharm before 2019.2 was allocating a buffer of unknown size for one of the connection processes. In a very specific situation, it could lead to a remote invocation of an OOM error message because of Uncontrolled Memory Allocation.

The weakness was released 10/02/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at blog.jetbrains.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-14958 since 08/12/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 2019.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-142773, VDB-142775, VDB-142777 and VDB-142781. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PyCharm 2019.2

Timelineinfo

08/12/2019 🔍
10/02/2019 +51 days 🔍
10/03/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/20/2020 +353 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.jetbrains.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-14958 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14958
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-142876
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/03/2019 10:39
Updated: 09/20/2020 09:57
Changes: 10/03/2019 10:39 (57), 09/20/2020 09:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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