Vulnerability identifier: #VU31036

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12995

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Istio
Web applications / Other software

Vendor: Istio

Description

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

Istio before 1.2.2 mishandles certain access tokens, leading to "Epoch 0 terminated with an error" in Envoy. This is related to a jwt_authenticator.cc segmentation fault.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Istio: 1.2.1

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External links
http://github.com/istio/istio.io/pull/4555
http://github.com/istio/istio/issues/15084
http://istio.io/about/notes/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.