CVE-2019-5645

Summary

By sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to a listening Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP handler, an attacker can register an arbitrary regular expression. When evaluated, this malicious handler can either prevent new HTTP handler sessions from being established, or cause a resource exhaustion on the Metasploit server.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Rapid7Metasploit Framework5.0.27 <= 5.0.27affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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