CVE-2020-8659

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-jwcm-4pwp-c2qv	Third Party Advisory
https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0734	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00025.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cncf:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-03-04 13:15

Updated : 2022-09-30 15:56

NVD link : CVE-2020-8659

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8659

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

cncf

envoy

redhat

openshift_service_mesh

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