CVE-2018-1232

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1232
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-30 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionRSA Authentication Agent version 8.0.1 and earlier for Web for both IIS and Apache Web Server are impacted by a stack-based buffer overflow which may occur when handling certain malicious web cookies that have invalid formats. The attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the authentication agent and cause a denial-of-service situation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rsa Authentication Agent For Web All All All All
Application Rsa Authentication Agent For Web All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: DSA-2018-040: RSA® Authentication Agent for Web for IIS and Apache Web Server Multiple Vulnerabilities FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
RSA Authentication Agent for Web Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Let Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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