SB2018101607 - Red Hat update for apache tomcat
Published: October 16, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018101607
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1336)
CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters. A remote attacker can send trigger an infinite loop in the decoder and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.