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CVE-2020-1722

Published: Apr 27, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-400
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A flaw was found in all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0. When sending a very long password (>= 1,000,000 characters) to the server, the password hashing process could exhaust memory and CPU leading to a denial of service and the website becoming unresponsive. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

Red Hat
commercial·USaka redhat
enterprise linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ipaOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
freeipa
oss-project·US
freeipaOn-prem
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1722
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