Ubiquiti EdgeMAX < 2.0.3 DoS Vulnerability. Remote attackers can cause denial of service by creating *.cache files with a valid length payload of 249 characters or fewer to the beaker.session.id cookie in a GET header
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![]() | Code injection | 25 Sep 201920:15 | – | prion |
![]() | CVE-2019-16889 | 25 Sep 201920:15 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2019-16889 | 25 Sep 201919:51 | – | cvelist |
# Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.143046");
script_version("2021-09-08T08:01:40+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-09-08 08:01:40 +0000 (Wed, 08 Sep 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-10-24 04:22:41 +0000 (Thu, 24 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-08-24 17:37:00 +0000 (Mon, 24 Aug 2020)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16889");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Ubiquiti EdgeMAX < 2.0.3 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_ubnt_discovery_protocol_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ubnt_discovery_proto/firmware");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Ubiquiti EdgeMAX devices are prone to a denial of service vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Remote attackers may cause a denial of service (disk consumption) because
*.cache files in /var/run/beaker/container_file/ are created when providing a valid length payload of 249
characters or fewer to the beaker.session.id cookie in a GET header. The attacker can use a long series of
unique session IDs.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to firmware 2.0.3 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mjlanders.com/2019/07/28/resource-consumption-dos-on-edgemax-v1-10-6/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://community.ui.com/releases/New-EdgeRouter-firmware-2-0-3-has-been-released-2-0-3/e8badd28-a112-4269-9fb6-ffe3fc0e1643");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
fw = get_kb_item("ubnt_discovery_proto/firmware");
if (!fw || (fw !~ "^EdgeRouter"))
exit(0);
# EdgeRouter.ER-e100.v1.9.0.4901118.160804.1131
vers = eregmatch(pattern: "\.v([0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])", string: fw);
if (isnull(vers[1]))
exit(0);
version = vers[1];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.0.3")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.0.3",
extra: "Detected Firmware Version (Full): " + fw);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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