CVE-2018-12541

Summary

CVECVE-2018-12541
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-10 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:52:00 UTC
DescriptionIn version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation buffers the full http request before doing the handshake, holding the entire request body in memory. There should be a reasonnable limit (8192 bytes) above which the WebSocket gets an HTTP response with the 413 status code and the connection gets closed.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Eclipse Vert.x All All All All
Application Eclipse Vert.x All All All All

References

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[pulsar-commits] 20210513 [pulsar] 30/46: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 (#10261) lists.apache.org
539170 – (CVE-2018-12541) WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation buffers the full http request before doing the handshake CONFIRM bugs.eclipse.org Third Party Advisory
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Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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[bookkeeper-issues] 20210618 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] lhotari commented on pull request #2693: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.8, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
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[bookkeeper-issues] 20210623 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] sijie merged pull request #2693: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.8, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
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WebSocket upgrade request body limit · Issue #2648 · eclipse-vertx/vert.x · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
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[pulsar-commits] 20210419 [GitHub] [pulsar] eolivelli merged pull request #10261: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
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[bookkeeper-commits] 20210817 [bookkeeper] 01/03: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.8, addresses CVE-2018-12541 (#2693) lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210419 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] lhotari opened a new pull request #2693: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
[pulsar-commits] 20210419 [GitHub] [pulsar] lhotari edited a comment on pull request #10261: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
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[pulsar-commits] 20210419 [pulsar] branch master updated: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 (#10261) lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[pulsar-commits] 20210419 [GitHub] [pulsar] lhotari commented on pull request #10261: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210421 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] lhotari commented on pull request #2693: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
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[bookkeeper-issues] 20210507 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] dlg99 commented on pull request #2693: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
[pulsar-commits] 20210419 [GitHub] [pulsar] lhotari opened a new pull request #10261: [Security] Upgrade vertx to 3.9.7, addresses CVE-2018-12541 lists.apache.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981498 Java (maven) Security Update for io.vertx:vertx-core (GHSA-45xm-v8gq-7jqx)
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