CVE-2020-5423

CAPI (Cloud Controller) versions prior to 1.101.0 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack in which an unauthenticated malicious attacker can send specially-crafted YAML files to certain endpoints, causing the YAML parser to consume excessive CPU and RAM.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-5423	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:capi-release::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-deployment::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-12-02 02:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41

NVD link : CVE-2020-5423

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5423

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-5423

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Products Affected

cloudfoundry

cf-deployment
capi-release

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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