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CVE-2018-15505
Detail
Description
An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead before 4.0.1 and Appweb before 7.0.2. An HTTP POST request with a specially crafted "Host" header field may cause a NULL pointer dereference and thus cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by the lack of a trailing ']' character in an IPv6 address.
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https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/605 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/605 Broken Link, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/264 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/264 Broken Link, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved?language=en_US No Types Assigned
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved?language=en_US Not Applicable
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:appweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.0.2
*cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.0.1
Added
CVSS V2
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added
CVSS V3
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added
CWE
CWE-476
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/commit/16e6979c82297d5fc4f8661e7ada975f51e4dfa9 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/commit/16e6979c82297d5fc4f8661e7ada975f51e4dfa9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/605 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/605 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/264 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/264 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2018-15505 NVD
Published Date: 08/17/2018 NVD
Last Modified: 06/22/2023
Source: MITRE