CVE-2018-12479 — A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote at

A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to cause DoS by specifying crafted request IDs. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: versions prior to 01b015ca2a320afc4fae823465d1e72da8bd60df.

01What is this vulnerability?

A Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Open Build Service allows remote attackers to cause DoS by specifying crafted request IDs. Affected releases are openSUSE Open Build Service: versions prior to 01b015ca2a320afc4fae823465d1e72da8bd60df.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
openSUSE	Open Build Service	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-10-09T13:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T19:35:16.650Z

09References

• bugzilla.suse.com — https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108435