CVE-2018-12537
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.2%
In Eclipse Vert.x version 3.0 to 3.5.1, the HttpServer response headers and HttpClient request headers do not filter carriage return and line feed characters from the header value. This allow unfiltered values to inject a new header in the client request or server response.
Affected configurations
References
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768
bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536038
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591072
github.com/eclipse/vert.x/commit/1bb6445226c39a95e7d07ce3caaf56828e8aab72
github.com/eclipse/vert.x/issues/2470
www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2018-021_vertx.txt
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.2%