CVE-2019-3804
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 26, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraVirtualizationCockpit
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
It was found that cockpit before version 184 used glib's base64 decode functionality incorrectly resulting in a denial of service attack. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted request with an invalid base64-encoded cookie which could cause the web service to crash.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 184184
Affected range stops below 184, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1569Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1571Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3804PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/commit/c51f6177576d7e12CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-909
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