Resource exhaustion in The Update Framework (TUF) - CVE-2020-6173
Published: January 22, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24498
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Vendor: The Update Framework
Affected software:
The Update Framework (TUF)
The Update Framework (TUF)
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-6173
Install updates from vendor's website.