Input validation error in Fedoraproject Fedora

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU36697

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17075

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The html package (aka x/net/html) before 2018-07-13 in Go mishandles "in frameset" insertion mode, leading to a "panic: runtime error" for html.Parse of <template><object>, <template><applet>, or <template><marquee>. This is related to HTMLTreeBuilder.cpp in WebKit.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 28 - 29

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=829668
http://github.com/golang/go/issues/27016
http://github.com/golang/net/commit/aaf60122140d3fcf75376d319f0554393160eb50
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LREEWY6KNLHRWFZ7OT4HVLMVVCGGUHON/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKRCI7WIOCOCD3H7NXWRGIRABTQOZOBK/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.