Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-1722 (CCN-180994)

Assigned:2019-11-27
Published:2020-04-14
Updated:2023-02-12
Summary:A flaw was found in all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0. When sending a very long password (>= 1,000,000 characters) to the server, the password hashing process could exhaust memory and CPU leading to a denial of service and the website becoming unresponsive. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.3 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.7 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.4 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-400
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-1722

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1793071
(CVE-2020-1722) - CVE-2020-1722 ipa: No password length restriction leads to denial of service

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
freeipa-cve20201722-dos(180994)

Source: CCN
Type: FreeIPA Web site
#8268 Prevent use of too long passwords

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2020-1722

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 6:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 7:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:freeipa:freeipa:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20204670
    P
    		RHSA-2020:4670: idm:DL1 and idm:client security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
    2020-11-04
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20203936
    P
    		RHSA-2020:3936: ipa security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
    2020-09-29
    BACK
    freeipa freeipa 4.8.0