UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16848

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16848
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16848.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16848
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Published
2020-06-15T15:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:45Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A Denial of Service (DoS) condition is possible in OpenStack Mistral in versions up to and including 7.0.3. Submitting a specially crafted workflow definition YAML file containing nested anchors can lead to resource exhaustion culminating in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / mistral

Package

Name
mistral
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mistral@6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1+esm1

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.0-0ubuntu1

6.*

6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu1
6.0.0~b1-0ubuntu2
6.0.0~b2-0ubuntu1
6.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1
6.0.0-0ubuntu1
6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "mistral-api"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "mistral-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "mistral-engine"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "mistral-event-engine"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "mistral-executor"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-0ubuntu1.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-mistral"
        }
    ]
}