SB2018042513 - Denial of service in WireMock
Published: April 25, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018042513
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) XXE attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9116)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to the inclusion of remote Document Type Definition (DTD) documents when using XPath or XML matching. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, trigger CPU saturation and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.