CVE-2019-3804

cockpit: Crash when parsing invalid base64 headers

Published Mar 26, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
It was found that cockpit before version 184 used glib's base64 decode functionality incorrectly resulting in a denial of service attack. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request with an invalid base64-encoded cookie which could cause the web service to crash.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-13430 It was found that cockpit before version 184 used glib's base64 decode functionality incorrectly resulting in a denial of service attack. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request with an invalid base64-encoded cookie which could cause the web service to crash.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 7:19 PM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 26, 2019, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 13, 2018, 12:00 AM