Input validation error in EOS - CVE-2018-11548

 

Input validation error in EOS - CVE-2018-11548

Published: May 29, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37104
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-2018-11548
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: EOS Essentials
Affected software:
EOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

An issue was discovered in EOS.IO DAWN 4.2. plugins/net_plugin/net_plugin.cpp does not limit the number of P2P connections from the same source IP address.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-11548

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources