Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Nifi - CVE-2018-1310
Published: May 24, 2018 / Updated: May 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13036
CSH Severity: Low
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-2018-1310
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to unsafe deserialization of Java Message Service (JMS) content by an ActiveMQ client affected by the vulnerability identified as CVE-2015-5254. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious JMS content and cause the affected software to become unresponsive or crash, resulting in a DoS condition.
Affected software
Apache Nifi
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1310
Update to version 1.6.