Bug 1644262 (CVE-2018-16789)

Summary:	CVE-2018-16789 shellinabox: Infinite loop due to malformed request payload
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	negativo17
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	1644263, 1644264
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-10-30 10:30:30 UTC

The multipart/form-data parser function in the built-in webserver of Shell In A Box enters an infinite loop in case of malformed request payload.

References:

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/50

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-10-30 10:31:27 UTC

Created shellinabox tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1644264]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1644263]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:41:13 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.