CVE-2018-1000518

aaugustin websockets version 4 contains a CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Servers and clients, unless configured with compression=None that can result in Denial of Service by memory exhaustion. This attack appear to be exploitable via Sending a specially crafted frame on an established connection. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-06-26 16:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25

NVD link : CVE-2018-1000518

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000518

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-1000518

JSON object : View

Products Affected

websockets_project

websockets

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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