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SUSE: CVE-2018-16470: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-16470: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/13/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/16/2019
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the multipart parser in Rack before 2.0.6. Specially crafted requests can cause the multipart parser to enter a pathological state, causing the parser to use CPU resources disproportionate to the request size.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-rmt-server
  • suse-upgrade-rmt-server-config
  • suse-upgrade-rmt-server-pubcloud

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:0272-1
  • CVE-2018-16470

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