CVE-2020-14679 Denial of service in CRM Technical Foundation

High 7.5 Published 15 Jul 2020 Updated 27 Sep 2024

Unauthenticated attackers can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle CRM Technical Foundation via HTTP requests.

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-2020-14679?

CVE-2020-14679 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Corporation CRM Technical Foundation, 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 CRM Technical Foundation product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Preferences). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.9. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle CRM Technical Foundation. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle CRM Technical Foundation. 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).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14679?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Crm Technical Foundation.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14679?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14679 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-2020-14679 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14679 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g5ww-c573-jq43.