#VU24498 Resource exhaustion in The Update Framework (TUF) - CVE-2020-6173

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#VU24498 Resource exhaustion in The Update Framework (TUF) - CVE-2020-6173

Published: January 22, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24498
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6173
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
The Update Framework (TUF)
Software vendor:
The Update Framework

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can can create many invalid signatures on a metadata file, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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