Vulnerability identifier: #VU18150
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Flask
Web applications /
CMS
Vendor: The Pallets Projects
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing JSON data in incorrect encoding. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted JSON string and consume all available memory resources.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
Mitigation
Update to version 0.12.3.
Vulnerable software versions
Flask: 0.1 - 0.12.2
External links
http://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2691
http://github.com/pallets/flask/releases/tag/0.12.3
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0001/
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.