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CVE-2018-1999043

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Date: August 23, 2018

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.137 and earlier, 2.121.2 and earlier in BasicAuthenticationFilter.java, BasicHeaderApiTokenAuthenticator.java that allows attackers to create ephemeral in-memory user records by attempting to log in using invalid credentials.

Language: Java

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Related Resources (4)

https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-08-15/#SECURITY-672
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999043
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-1999043

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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