CVE-2018-12537

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12537
  • Assigner
  • emo@eclipse.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-14T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:34:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0.0 3.5.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CSNC-2018-021_vertx.txt Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/issues/2470 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/eclipse/vert.x/commit/1bb6445226c39a95e7d07ce3caaf56828e8aab72 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1591072 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536038 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3768 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12537
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12537
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:06:36 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:08:10 security@eclipse.org emo@eclipse.org CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-03 11:08:10 2018-08-14T19:29Z 2018-08-14T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:08:10 2019-10-09T23:34:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:08:10 Modified Vulnerability Status updated