What is CVE-2018-10864?

CVE-2018-10864 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Redhat-Certification:, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-10864?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in [Unknown] Redhat-Certification:

CVE-2018-10864

An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw has been discovered in redhat-certification in the way documents are loaded. A remote attacker may provide an existing but invalid XML file which would be opened and never closed, possibly producing a Denial of Service.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

[Unknown] Redhat-certification: — versions n/a
Redhat Certification
Redhat Linux — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10864?: CVE-2018-10864 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Redhat-Certification:, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-10864?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.