CVE-2020-1722 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-1722

Vendor Red Hat
Product ipa
Weakness CWE-400
Published April 27, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0. When sending a very long password (>= 1,000,000 characters) to the server, the password hashing process could exhaust memory and CPU leading to a denial of service and the website becoming unresponsive. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 27, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated