CVE-2020-17085 Microsoft Exchange Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft Exchange Server, requiring administrators to apply security patches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-17085?
CVE-2020-17085 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 11 Nov 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Exchange Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-17085?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server.
How do I fix CVE-2020-17085?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-17085 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-2020-17085 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-17085 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server
- CVE-2024-21410 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2021-34473 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-26855 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-34523 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mj56-6jxg-8vw7.