Stack-based buffer overflow in uWSGI - CVE-2018-6758
Published: March 2, 2018 / Updated: March 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10843
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6758
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Unbit
Affected software:
uWSGI
uWSGI
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the uwsgi_expand_path function due to stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can request a specially crafted long directory path, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6758
Install update from vendor's website.