7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-20103
HAProxy DNS Recursive Denial of Service
Description

An issue was discovered in dns.c in HAProxy through 1.8.14. In the case of a compressed pointer, a crafted packet can trigger infinite recursion by making the pointer point to itself, or create a long chain of valid pointers resulting in stack exhaustion.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 12, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:56 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20103 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Redhat openshift_container_platform
1 Haproxy haproxy
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-20103.

URL Resource
http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=58df5aea0a0c926b2238f65908f5e9f83d1cca25
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106280 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0326 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1436
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00045.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3858-1/ Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20103 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=58df5aea0a0c926b2238f65908f5e9f83d1cca25 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git;a=commit;h=58df5aea0a0c926b2238f65908f5e9f83d1cca25
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00045.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-400 CWE-399 CWE-400 CWE-835 CWE-835
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1436 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0326 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0326 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0326 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git;a=commit;h=58df5aea0a0c926b2238f65908f5e9f83d1cca25 No Types Assigned http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git;a=commit;h=58df5aea0a0c926b2238f65908f5e9f83d1cca25 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3858-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3858-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106280 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106280 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:haproxy:haproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.8.14
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3858-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106280 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-20103 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.82 }} -0.05%

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0.82046

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