#VU22565 Infinite loop in Thrift - CVE-2019-0205
Published: November 6, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22565
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0205
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Thrift
Thrift
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 infinite loop when processing user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass malicious input to the application and consume all available system resources or cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/thrift-dev/201910.mbox/%3CVI1PR0101MB2142E0EA19F582429C3AEBCBB1920%40VI1PR0101MB2142.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/07bd68ad237a5d513751d6d2731a8828f902c738ea57d85c1a72bad3@%3Cdev.thrift.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0d058e1bfd11727c4f2e2adf4b6e403a47c38e22431ab20066a1ac79@%3Cdev.thrift.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3dfa054b89274c9109c26ed1843ca15a14c03786f4016d26773878ae@%3Cdev.thrift.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/928cae83d20d8d8196c26118f7084aa37573e1d31162381fb9454fb5@%3Cdev.thrift.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9669756befaeb0f8e08766d3f4d410a0fce85da3a570506f71f0b67@%3Cdev.thrift.apache.org%3E