Resource management error in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2020-2100

 

Resource management error in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2020-2100

Published: January 30, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24759
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2100
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to the UDP multicast/broadcast service can be used in an amplification reflection attack. A remote attacker can send spoofed UDP packets and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-2100

Install updates from vendor's website.

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