Resource exhaustion in etcd - CVE-2020-15114
Published: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41615
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15114
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
etcd
etcd
Software vendor:
CoreOS
CoreOS
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote authenticated user can include the gateway address as an endpoint, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.