CVE-2018-1999043

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.137 and earlier, 2.121.2 and earlier in BasicAuthenticationFilter.java, BasicHeaderApiTokenAuthenticator.java that allows attackers to create ephemeral in-memory user records by attempting to log in using invalid credentials.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-1999043

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-08-23T18:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-772	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:::::lts:::*	1	OR		2.121.2
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:::::-:::*	1	OR		2.137

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

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:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-08-15/#SECURITY-672	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999043
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1999043

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:34:33				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:24:42	2018-08-23T18:29Z	2018-08-23T18:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 11:24:42		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 11:24:42		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated