CVE-2020-5423

Published: Dec 2, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Cloudfoundry: Capi Release, Cf Deployment

2 products

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cloudfoundry Capi Release	Before 1.101.0
Cloudfoundry Cf Deployment	Before 15.0.0

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (2)

https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-5423

Source: security@pivotal.io

Vendor Advisory

https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-5423

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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