Resource Exhaustion Affecting ipa-server-trust-ad package, versions <0:4.6.8-5.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-IPASERVERTRUSTAD-1687454
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed27 Apr 2020

Introduced: 27 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-1722  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ipa-server-trust-ad to version 0:4.6.8-5.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1519.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ipa-server-trust-ad package and not the ipa-server-trust-ad package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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