Input validation error in Commons Email - CVE-2018-1294
Published: July 27, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65817
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1294
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and obtain sensitive information.
Affected software
Commons Email
IBM Qradar SIEM
Fedora
apache-commons-email
IBM Qradar SIEM
Fedora
apache-commons-email
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1294
Install updates from vendor's website.
Commons Email - update to 1.5
IBM Qradar SIEM - addressed in versions 7.3.3 Fix Pack 12, 7.4.3 Fix Pack 6, 7.5.0 Update Pack 2
apache-commons-email - update to 1.5-1.fc26
IBM Qradar SIEM - addressed in versions 7.3.3 Fix Pack 12, 7.4.3 Fix Pack 6, 7.5.0 Update Pack 2
apache-commons-email - update to 1.5-1.fc26