CVE-2018-16131

The decodeRequest and decodeRequestWith directives in Lightbend Akka HTTP 10.1.x through 10.1.4 and 10.0.x through 10.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a ZIP bomb.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg	Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found	Vendor Advisory
https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.html	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:akka_http::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:akka_http::::::::

Information

Published : 2018-08-30 06:29

Updated : 2018-11-15 09:07

NVD link : CVE-2018-16131

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16131

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

lightbend

akka_http

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