Input validation error in DirectAdmin - CVE-2017-18045
Published: October 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15577
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18045
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of unspecified user-supplied input, when the "email_ftp_password_change" option is set to a non-zero value. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the application and trigger denial of service conditions.
Affected software
DirectAdmin
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18045
Install updates from vendor's website.
DirectAdmin - update to 1.52