Resource exhaustion in Moxa products - CVE-2018-10632
Published: July 19, 2018 / Updated: July 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13928
CSH Severity: Low
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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10632
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Moxa
Affected software:
NPort 5232
NPort 5230
NPort 5210
NPort 5232
NPort 5230
NPort 5210
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the amount of resources requested by a malicious actor are not restricted. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10632
Install update from vendor's website.