CVE-2020-5423

Published Dec 2, 2020

Last updated 4 years ago

Overview

Description
CAPI (Cloud Controller) versions prior to 1.101.0 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack in which an unauthenticated malicious attacker can send specially-crafted YAML files to certain endpoints, causing the YAML parser to consume excessive CPU and RAM.
Source
security@pivotal.io
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 3.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-400
security@pivotal.io
CWE-400

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations