Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apache Mesos by Unbounded JSON Parsing
CVE-2018-11793

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Mesos
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2019

Summary

In Apache Mesos, there exists a vulnerability where the parsing of a JSON payload with deeply nested structures can lead to a stack overflow caused by unbounded recursion. This issue affects multiple versions of Mesos and can be exploited by a malicious actor to trigger a denial of service condition, rendering the Mesos-controlled cluster inoperable. Affected versions include pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 through 1.4.2, 1.5.0 through 1.5.1, 1.6.0 through 1.6.1, and 1.7.0.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Mesos Apache Mesos pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.1, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, 1.7.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107281
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9be975c53e5ad612c7e0...
x_refsource_MISC

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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