Resource exhaustion in SEL AcSELerator Architect and SEL Compass - CVE-2018-10608

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13802

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10608

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion when the AcSELerator Architect FTP client connects to a malicious FTP server. A remote attacker can consume memory and cause the service to crash.

SEL AcSELerator Architect
SEL Compass
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Opensuse

SEL AcSELerator Architect - update to 2.2.28.0
SEL Compass - update to 5.0.6.0

• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-191-02

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Schweitzer Engineering Compass and AcSELerator Architector
• OpenSUSE Linux update for python3
• Red Hat update for python