VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-12541
In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation buffers the full http request before doing the handshake, holding the entire request body in memory.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.65%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation buffers the full http request before doing the handshake, holding the entire request body in memory. There should be a reasonnable limit (8192 bytes) above which the WebSocket gets an HTTP response with the 413 status code and the connection gets closed.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.65% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-789, CWE-119
- Affected
- eclipse/vert.x
- Source
- emo@eclipse.org
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2946Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539170Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/issues/2648Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r01123837ffbfdf5809e0a4ac354ad546e4ca8f18df89ee5a10eeb81b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r11789cd6d67ecca2d6f6bbb11e34495e68ee99287b6c59edf5b1a09c%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1af71105539fe01fcecb92d2ecd8eea56c515fb1c80ecab4df424553%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r344235b1aea2f7fa2381495df1d77d02b595e3d7e4626e701f7c1062%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r362835e6c7f34324ed24e318b363fcdd20cea91d0cea0b2e1164f73e%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3da899890536af744dec897fbc561fd9810ac45e79a16164b53c31b2%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r79789a0afb184abd13a2c07016e6e7ab8e64331f332b630bf82a2eed%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8db0431ecf93f2dd2128db5ddca897b33ba883b7f126648d6a9e4c47%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r98dc06e2b1c498d0e9eb5038d8e1aefd24e411e50522e7082dd9e0b7%40%3Ccommits.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbdc279ecdb7ac496a03befb05a53605c4ce2b67e14f8f4df4cfa1203%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re5ddabee26fbcadc7254d03a5a073d64080a9389adc9e452529664ed%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb3cc4f3e10264896a541813c0030ec9d9466ba9b722fe5d4adc91cd%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2946Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539170Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/issues/2648Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r01123837ffbfdf5809e0a4ac354ad546e4ca8f18df89ee5a10eeb81b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r11789cd6d67ecca2d6f6bbb11e34495e68ee99287b6c59edf5b1a09c%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1af71105539fe01fcecb92d2ecd8eea56c515fb1c80ecab4df424553%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r344235b1aea2f7fa2381495df1d77d02b595e3d7e4626e701f7c1062%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r362835e6c7f34324ed24e318b363fcdd20cea91d0cea0b2e1164f73e%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3da899890536af744dec897fbc561fd9810ac45e79a16164b53c31b2%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r79789a0afb184abd13a2c07016e6e7ab8e64331f332b630bf82a2eed%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8db0431ecf93f2dd2128db5ddca897b33ba883b7f126648d6a9e4c47%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r98dc06e2b1c498d0e9eb5038d8e1aefd24e411e50522e7082dd9e0b7%40%3Ccommits.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbdc279ecdb7ac496a03befb05a53605c4ce2b67e14f8f4df4cfa1203%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.