Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-3804 (CCN-158084)

Assigned:2018-12-13
Published:2018-12-13
Updated:2022-11-07
Summary:It was found that cockpit before version 184 used glib's base64 decode functionality incorrectly resulting in a denial of service attack. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request with an invalid base64-encoded cookie which could cause the web service to crash.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: 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)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: 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)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: 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)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-909
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-3804

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2019:1569

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2019:1571

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1663567
CVE-2019-3804 cockpit: Crash when parsing invalid base64 headers

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3804

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cockpit-cve20193804-dos(158084)

Source: CCN
Type: cockpit GIT Repository
ws: Fix bug parsing invalid base64 headers

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/commit/c51f6177576d7e12

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/10819

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2019-3804

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:cockpit-project:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 184)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201938040000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-3804 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2019-03-26
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20193804000
    V
    		CVE-2019-3804 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2019-03-26
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201938040000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-3804 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.
    2019-03-26
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20193804000
    V
    		CVE-2019-3804 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2019-03-26
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201938040000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-3804 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2019-03-26
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20190482
    P
    		RHSA-2019:0482: cockpit security update (Moderate)
    2019-03-13
    BACK
    cockpit-project cockpit *
    fedoraproject fedora -
    redhat virtualization 4.0