CNCF Envoy up to 1.13.0 Proxy resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in CNCF Envoy up to 1.13.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Proxy Handler. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-8659. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CNCF Envoy up to 1.13.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Proxy Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when proxying HTTP/1.1 requests or responses with many small (i.e. 1 byte) chunks.

The weakness was published 03/04/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at envoyproxy.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-8659 since 02/06/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-150876, VDB-150877 and VDB-150878. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Timelineinfo

02/06/2020 🔍
03/04/2020 +27 days 🔍
03/05/2020 +1 days 🔍
04/09/2024 +1496 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2020:0734
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-8659 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-8659
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-150875
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/05/2020 08:27
Updated: 04/09/2024 14:47
Changes: 03/05/2020 08:27 (38), 03/05/2020 08:32 (17), 04/09/2024 14:47 (17)
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