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CVE-2018-18385: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

October 16, 2018 (updated October 3, 2019)

Asciidoctor allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). The loop was caused by the fact that Parser.next_block was not exhausting all the lines in the reader as the while loop expected it would.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18385

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.5.8

Fixed versions

  • 1.5.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.5.8 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Source file

gem/asciidoctor/CVE-2018-18385.yml

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