CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-20164

MEDIUMEPSS 87th pctl
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in regex.yaml (aka regexes.yaml) in UA-Parser UAP-Core before 0.6.0. A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue allows remote attackers to overload a server by setting the User-Agent header in an HTTP(S) request to a value containing a long digit string. (The UAP-Core project contains the vulnerability, propagating to all implementations.)

How to fix

Remediation Available
uap-coreDebian
Fixed in:20190213-1CVE-2018-20164
Fixed in:20190213-1CVE-2018-20164
Fixed in:20190213-1CVE-2018-20164
Fixed in:20190213-1CVE-2018-20164

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

3.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days
87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1
Other references1
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