PT-2018-13759 · Bro · Bro

Maksim Shudrak · Published 2018-09-11 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-16807

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bro versions through 2.5.5

Description The issue is related to a memory leak that could potentially lead to a denial of service (DoS) in the Kerberos protocol parser, located in scripts/base/protocols/krb/main.bro.

Recommendations For Bro versions through 2.5.5, consider updating to a version that addresses the memory leak issue in the Kerberos protocol parser to prevent potential DoS attacks.

Fix

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16807

Affected Products

Bro

References · 6

• https://github.com/bro/bro/commit/34d0cf886ca16c665f673a299e295b2a2bc14533 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16807 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16807 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16807 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16807 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16807 · Security Note