CVE-2020-1722 (GCVE-0-2020-1722)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-27 20:46 – Updated: 2024-08-04 06:46
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat ipa Affected: all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0
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