CVE-2020-14642 Denial of service in Coherence
Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle Coherence via network access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-14642?
CVE-2020-14642 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Coherence, published on 15 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Coherence product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: CacheStore). Supported versions that are affected are 3.7.1.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 14.1.1.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Coherence. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Coherence. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-404
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14642?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Coherence.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14642?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-14642 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14642 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Coherence
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4prf-w3jr-7gjh.