CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-10868

redhat-certification 7 does not properly restrict the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents, allowing an unauthenticated user to run a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of an host.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593776 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10868 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certification:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-05-26 07:15

Updated : 2023-02-10 05:59

NVD link : CVE-2018-10868

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10868

Products Affected

Certification

Redhat

CWE
CWE-400

CWE-776

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')