Vulnerability in Cockpit-Project Cockpit

CVE-2019-3804

It was found that cockpit before version 184 used glib's base64 decode functionality incorrectly resulting in a denial of service attack. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request with an invalid base64-encoded cookie which could cause the web service to crash.

EPSS: 0.049 (91.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3804?
CVE-2019-3804 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cockpit-Project Cockpit, classified under CWE-909. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-3804?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.