CVE-2020-12605
envoy: Resource exhaustion when processing HTTP/1.1 headers with long field names
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Envoy version 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 or earlier may consume excessive amounts of memory when processing HTTP/1.1 headers with long field names or requests with long URLs.
Envoy versiones 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 o anteriores, puede consumir cantidades excesivas de memoria cuando se procesan encabezados HTTP/1.1 con nombres de campo largos o peticiones con las URL largas
An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was found in Envoy. This flaw allows an attacker to craft many HTTP requests with long field names or URLs to cause the proxy to consume excessive amounts of memory, potentially resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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Timeline
- 2020-05-01 CVE Reserved
- 2020-07-01 CVE Published
- 2023-03-17 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy-setec/issues/137 | Broken Link | |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-fjxc-jj43-f777 | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12605 | 2020-07-07 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1844252 | 2020-07-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Envoyproxy Search vendor "Envoyproxy" | Envoy Search vendor "Envoyproxy" for product "Envoy" | <= 1.12.4 Search vendor "Envoyproxy" for product "Envoy" and version " <= 1.12.4" | - |
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| Envoyproxy Search vendor "Envoyproxy" | Envoy Search vendor "Envoyproxy" for product "Envoy" | 1.13.2 Search vendor "Envoyproxy" for product "Envoy" and version "1.13.2" | - |
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| Envoyproxy Search vendor "Envoyproxy" | Envoy Search vendor "Envoyproxy" for product "Envoy" | 1.14.2 Search vendor "Envoyproxy" for product "Envoy" and version "1.14.2" | - |
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