Unauthorized Remote Disabling of Rendertron Service by Google
CVE-2017-18353

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Google
Status
Rendertron
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 December 2018

What is CVE-2017-18353?

Rendertron version 1.0.0 contains a vulnerability that enables unauthorized remote attackers to disable the application’s core service. This flaw allows anyone to send a GET request to the _ah/stop route, effectively shutting down the Chrome instance responsible for handling rendering requests, thus compromising service availability for all users. Organizations using Rendertron should take immediate steps to mitigate this risk.

References

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=759111
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https://github.com/GoogleChrome/rendertron/commit/8d70628...
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https://github.com/GoogleChrome/rendertron/pull/88
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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