CVE-2019-5645 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

By sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to a listening Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP handler, an attacker can register an arbitrary regular expression. When evaluated, this malicious handler can either prevent new HTTP handler sessions from being established, or cause a resource exhaustion on the Metasploit server.

Published: 2020-09-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 87.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

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Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Rapid7

Metasploit Framework

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.27`	affected	≤ 5.0.27

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.87878.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/12433

History

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Rapid7 Metasploit

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published: 2020-09-01T14:35:12.880Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:29:11.352Z

Reserved: 2019-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-5645

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-01T15:15:11.983

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:45:17.867

Link: CVE-2019-5645

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

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