CVE-2020-8659
CNCF Envoy HTTP DoS Memory Exhaustion
Description
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when proxying HTTP/1.1 requests or responses with many small (i.e. 1 byte) chunks.
INFO
Published Date :
March 4, 2020, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 5:39 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-8659
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.
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Upgrade Envoy to a version greater than 1.13.0.
- Update the affected Linux packages.
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-2020-8659.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwcm-4pwp-c2qv | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00025.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwcm-4pwp-c2qv | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00025.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-8659 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-8659
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-8659 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-8659 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734 Added Reference https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwcm-4pwp-c2qv Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00025.html Added Reference https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 30, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00025.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 18, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-400 CWE-770 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 11, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 05, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwcm-4pwp-c2qv No Types Assigned https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwcm-4pwp-c2qv Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history No Types Assigned https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cncf:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.13.0
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Base CVSS Score: 5
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.03 }} 0.10%
score
0.76338
percentile