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Allocation of File Descriptors or Handles Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2018-1000538

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

Minio Inc. Minio S3 server version prior to RELEASE.2018-05-16T23-35-33Z contains a Allocation of Memory Without Limits or Throttling (similar to CWE-774) vulnerability in write-to-RAM that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Sending V4-(pre)signed requests with large bodies . This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 9c8b7306f55f2c8c0a5c7cea9a8db9d34be8faa7.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-774 - Allocation of File Descriptors or Handles Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates file descriptors or handles on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on how many descriptors can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published