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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.049 (91.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cockpit-Project Cockpit
- [Unknown] Cockpit — versions 184
- Fedoraproject Fedora
- Red Hat Virtualization — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1569 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1571 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/10819 (Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/commit/c51f6177576d7e12 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
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.