CVE-2020-8661
Envoy HTTP Pipelining Memory Exhaustion
Description
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when responding internally to pipelined requests.
INFO
Published Date :
March 4, 2020, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 24, 2022, 6:44 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-8661
vulnerability.
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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-2020-8661.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-36cq-ww7h-p4j7 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-8661 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 [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 24, 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 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
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-36cq-ww7h-p4j7 No Types Assigned https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-36cq-ww7h-p4j7 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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-8661 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-2020-8661
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.17 }} -0.00%
score
0.54083
percentile