CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-18898

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Jun 19, 2020 | Modified: Jun 26, 2020
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 4.2.0, 4.1.1, and 4.0.5. It allows crafted posts that potentially cause a web browser to hang.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mattermost_server Mattermost * 4.0.5 (excluding)
Mattermost_server Mattermost 4.1.0 (including) 4.1.1 (excluding)
Mattermost_server Mattermost 4.2.0-rc1 (including) 4.2.0-rc1 (including)
Mattermost_server Mattermost 4.2.0-rc2 (including) 4.2.0-rc2 (including)
Mattermost_server Mattermost 4.2.0-rc3 (including) 4.2.0-rc3 (including)
Mattermost_server Mattermost 4.2.0-rc4 (including) 4.2.0-rc4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

References