Overview
- Description
- RSA Authentication Agent version 8.0.1 and earlier for Web for both IIS and Apache Web Server are impacted by a stack-based buffer overflow which may occur when handling certain malicious web cookies that have invalid formats. The attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the authentication agent and cause a denial-of-service situation.
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-787
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:rsa:authentication_agent_for_web:*:*:*:*:*:apache_web_server:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "64395674-3183-4B8B-8881-802DEB973FDE",
"versionEndIncluding": "8.0.1"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:rsa:authentication_agent_for_web:*:*:*:*:*:iis:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "C4DED5D1-72F4-4219-BF7B-78D070C14187",
"versionEndIncluding": "8.0.1"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]