SB2019061901 - Denial of service in Embedthis GoAhead
Published: June 19, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019061901
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12822)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory assertion when processing HTTP headers in http.c file. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and consume all available resources, resulting in a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.