VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-3804
It was found that cockpit before version 184 used glib's base64 decode functionality incorrectly resulting in a denial of service attack.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.86%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
It was found that cockpit before version 184 used glib's base64 decode functionality incorrectly resulting in a denial of service attack. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request with an invalid base64-encoded cookie which could cause the web service to crash.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.86% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-909
- Affected
- cockpit-project/cockpit · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/virtualization
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1569Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1571Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3804Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/commit/c51f6177576d7e12Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/10819Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1569Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1571Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3804Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/commit/c51f6177576d7e12Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/10819Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.