SB2020010203 - Denial of service in Rapid7 Metasploit
Published: January 2, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020010203
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5645)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the HTTP(S) handler. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trigger Gentle, Soft and Hard denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.