CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-16492

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Published: Feb 01, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A prototype pollution vulnerability was found in module extend <2.0.2, ~<3.0.2 that allows an attacker to inject arbitrary properties onto Object.prototype.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Extend Extend_project * 2.0.2 (excluding)
Extend Extend_project 3.0.0 (including) 3.0.2 (excluding)
Red Hat Quay 3 RedHat quay/quay-rhel8:v3.6.0-62 *
Node-extend Ubuntu bionic *
Node-extend Ubuntu cosmic *
Node-extend Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Node-extend Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Node-extend Ubuntu upstream *
Node-extend Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

  • Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:

  • The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.

  • The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute – and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.

References