#VU17911 Resource management error in Mesos - CVE-2018-11793
Published: March 6, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17911
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-11793
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mesos
Mesos
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of nested data within a JSON array. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply a specially crafted JSON array, overflow the stack due to unbounded recursion and perform denial of service (DoS) attack,
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.