PT-2018-15222 · Jenkins · Jenkins

Nimrod Stoler + 1 · Published 2018-08-23 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-1999043

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 Jenkins versions prior to 2.137 Jenkins versions prior to 2.121.2

Description A denial of service issue exists that allows attackers to create ephemeral in-memory user records by attempting to log in using invalid credentials, specifically affecting files BasicAuthenticationFilter.java and BasicHeaderApiTokenAuthenticator.java.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.137, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For versions prior to 2.121.2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1999043

GHSA-2632-H32J-6RG9

Affected Products

Jenkins

References · 5

• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-08-15/#SECURITY-672 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1999043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999043 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2632-h32j-6rg9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins · Note