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Infinite Loop in Jenkins Core

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 15, 2023

Package

maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 2.138

Patched versions

2.138

Description

A Cron expression form validation could enter infinite loop, potentially resulting in denial of service. The form validation for cron expressions (e.g. "Poll SCM", "Build periodically") could enter infinite loops when cron expressions only matching certain rare dates were entered, blocking request handling threads indefinitely.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 23, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Nov 2, 2022
Last updated Dec 15, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.080%
(35th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-1999044

GHSA ID

GHSA-8qpf-fv36-h4r8

Source code

No known source code
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