CVE-2020-2576 Denial of service in Outside In Technology

Medium 6.5 Published 15 Jan 2020 Updated 30 Sep 2024

Unauthenticated attackers can cause partial denial of service and modify data in applications using the Oracle Outside In Technology SDK.

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-2020-2576?

CVE-2020-2576 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Outside in Technology, published on 15 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Outside In Filters). The supported version that is affected is 8.5.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Outside In Technology. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Outside In Technology accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Outside In Technology. Note: Outside In Technology is a suite of software development kits (SDKs). The protocol and CVSS score depend on the software that uses the Outside In Technology code. The CVSS score assumes that the software passes data received over a network directly to Outside In Technology code, but if data is not received over a network the CVSS score may be lower. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2576?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Outside in Technology.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2576?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-2576 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-2020-2576 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2576 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-c3xg-pxh8-c9cg.