Resource Exhaustion Affecting ipa-common package, versions <0:4.6.8-5.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-IPACOMMON-2170056
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Apr 2020

Introduced: 14 Apr 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 ipa-common to version 0:4.6.8-5.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ipa-common package and not the ipa-common package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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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