SB2020022440 - Resource exhaustion in Jenkins



SB2020022440 - Resource exhaustion in Jenkins

Published: February 24, 2020 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020022440
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0785)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Hash collision attack vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.447, Jenkins LTS before 1.424.2, and Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees 1.424.x before 1.424.2.1 and 1.400.x before 1.400.0.11 could allow remote attackers to cause a considerable CPU load, aka "the Hash DoS attack."


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.