Hashicorp Consul/Consul Enterprise up to 1.6.2 RPC Service resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Hashicorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.6.2. This affects an unknown part of the component RPC Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource consumption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-7219. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hashicorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.6.2 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component RPC Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.6.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 1.6.3.

The weakness was disclosed 01/31/2020. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-7219 since 01/17/2020. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 259884 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-7219), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.6.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (259884). The entry VDB-149604 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 259884
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-7219

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Consul/Consul Enterprise 1.6.3

Timelineinfo

01/17/2020 🔍
01/31/2020 +14 days 🔍
02/01/2020 +1 days 🔍
08/31/2025 +2038 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 7159
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-7219 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7219
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149602
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/01/2020 08:01
Updated: 08/31/2025 21:13
Changes: 02/01/2020 08:01 (38), 02/01/2020 08:09 (17), 03/27/2024 21:41 (19), 08/31/2025 21:13 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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