NVD

CVE-2020-1722 Detail

Modified

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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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: Red Hat, Inc.

Base Score: 5.3 MEDIUM

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

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 5.4 MEDIUM

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

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-400	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption	NIST Red Hat, Inc.

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 6:40:34 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	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.
Added	CWE		Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3936 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4670 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1722 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793071 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 4:20:11 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	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.	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.
Added	CVSS V3.1		Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Removed	CVSS V3	Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Removed	CWE	Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3936 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4670 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1722 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793071 [No Types Assigned]

Initial Analysis by NIST 5/06/2020 1:03:27 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-400
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa::::::::* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (including) 4.8.0
Added	CPE Configuration		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:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1722 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1722 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-1722
NVD Published Date:
04/27/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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