SB2018081802 - NULL pointer dereference in EmbedThis GoAhead
Published: August 18, 2018 Updated: July 11, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018081802
Severity
Medium
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15505)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to HTTP POST request with a specially crafted "Host" header field may cause a NULL pointer dereference error, as demonstrated by the lack of a trailing ']' character in an IPv6 address. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.