CVE-2020-1722

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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.

5.3 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.4 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1722 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

12 Feb 2023, 23:40

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary A flaw was found in IPA. 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. 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.
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3936', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3936', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1722', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1722', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4670', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4670', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793071', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793071', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 21:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary 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. A flaw was found in IPA. 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.
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3936 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1722 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4670 -
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793071 -
Information

Published : 2020-04-27 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-1722

Mitre link : CVE-2020-1722

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-1722

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux

freeipa

  • freeipa
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption