CVE-2020-1722

CVE Details

Release Date:

2020-04-27

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.

See more information about CVE-2020-1722 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (ipa)	ELSA-2020-3936	2020-10-06
Oracle Linux version 8 (bind-dyndb-ldap)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (custodia)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (ipa)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (ipa-healthcheck)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (opendnssec)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-jwcrypto)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-kdcproxy)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-qrcode)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-yubico)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (pyusb)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (slapi-nis)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10
Oracle Linux version 8 (softhsm)	ELSA-2020-4670	2020-11-10

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