Resource exhaustion in openSUSE Leap

CVE-2019-18904

A Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in rmt of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows remote attackers to cause DoS against rmt by requesting migrations. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15-SP1 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.9.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.9.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-3.26.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 rmt-server versions prior to 2.5.2-lp151.2.9.1.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-18904: held from 0.016 to 0.016.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18904?
CVE-2019-18904 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Leap, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-18904?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.