Vulnerability in NASA openVSP (CVE-2018-25367)
Summary
Vulnerability in NASA openVSP (CVE-2018-25367). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
NASA openVSP 3.16.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the geometry name field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by pasting a 5000-byte payload into the name input field within the Geom browser pod addition interface.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-25367 has been found in NASA openVSP.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.2/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "NASA openVSP CVE-2018-25367" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2018-25367 (NASA openVSP) — CWE-120 / CVSS v3 6.2
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-120) exists in NASA openVSP.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of NASA openVSP.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.2/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで NASA openVSP を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web github.com