CVE-2018-1232

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

Dell EMC RSA Authentication Agent for Web for IIS, RSA Authentication Agent for Web for Apache Web Server: through 8.0.1

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/60
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040577
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/60
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040577

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