Input validation error in Routing Release and CF Deployment - CVE-2020-5420
Published: September 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46658
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5420
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cloud Foundry Foundation
Affected software:
Routing Release
CF Deployment
Routing Release
CF Deployment
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker with "cf push" access can push an app that returns specially crafted HTTP responses and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5420
Install updates from vendor's website.