CVE-2018-18898

The email-ingestion feature in Best Practical Request Tracker 4.1.13 through 4.4 allows denial of service by remote attackers via an algorithmic complexity attack on email address parsing.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

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

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YR46PPHBEM76DNN4DEQMAYIKLCO3TQU2/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CPJVDT77ZPRU5Z2BEMZM7EBY6WZHUATZ/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bestpractical.com/download-page	Product Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00009.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4517-1/	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:request_tracker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::esm:::

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2019-03-21 09:00

Updated : 2023-01-20 07:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-18898

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18898

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

bestpractical

request_tracker

fedoraproject

fedora

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