CVE-2020-27295 Denial of service in OPC UA Tunneller

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial-of-service condition in the OPC UA Tunneller through uncontrolled resource consumption.

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-2020-27295?

CVE-2020-27295 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in OPC UA Tunneller, published on 26 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The affected product has uncontrolled resource consumption issues, which may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition on the OPC UA Tunneller (versions prior to 6.3.0.8233).

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27295?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Honeywell Opc Ua Tunneller.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27295?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27295 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-2020-27295 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27295 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gc6c-6m8m-8g6g.

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