CVE-2020-16200 Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Algorithm Downgrade
An attacker can exhaust system resources in the Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-16200?
CVE-2020-16200 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, published on 18 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, Versions 12.2.1 and prior,
does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an attacker to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
Weakness: CWE-757
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16200?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16200?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16200 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-2020-16200 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16200 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vq75-425f-vq6r.