CVE-2019-3804
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.049 · 92 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (12)
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references (21)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0482cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1569cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1571cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3804cnnvd
- https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/commit/c51f6177576d7e12cnnvd
- https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/10819cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3804cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153363/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2019-1571-01.htmlcnnvd
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