4.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-7016
Kibana Timelion CPU Denial of Service
Description

Kibana versions before 6.8.11 and 7.8.1 contain a denial of service (DoS) flaw in Timelion. An attacker can construct a URL that when viewed by a Kibana user can lead to the Kibana process consuming large amounts of CPU and becoming unresponsive.

INFO

Published Date :

July 27, 2020, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 16, 2022, 3:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-7016 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
2 Oracle communications_billing_and_revenue_management
3 Oracle communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment
1 Elastic kibana
1 Elasticsearch kibana
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-7016.

URL Resource
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-11-and-7-8-1-security-update/242786 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-7016 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-7016 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_billing_and_revenue_management:12.0.0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-697
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-11-and-7-8-1-security-update/242786 No Types Assigned https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-8-11-and-7-8-1-security-update/242786 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ No Types Assigned https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-697
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.8.11 *cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:kibana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.8.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-7016 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.00%

score

0.33524

percentile

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