CVE-2019-3833
Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to infinite loop in process_connection() when parsing specially crafted HTTP requests.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- 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
- 15.24% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- openwsman project/openwsman · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 15.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122623Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00065.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107367Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3833Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2V5HJ355RSKMFQ7GRJAHRZNDVXASF7TA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B2HEZ7D7GF3HDF36JLGYXIK5URR66DS4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CXQP7UDPRZIZ4LM7FEJCTC2EDUYVOR2J/
- http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122623Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00065.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107367Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3833Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2V5HJ355RSKMFQ7GRJAHRZNDVXASF7TA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B2HEZ7D7GF3HDF36JLGYXIK5URR66DS4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CXQP7UDPRZIZ4LM7FEJCTC2EDUYVOR2J/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.