CVE-2020-9000 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service by sending rapid requests that exhaust server memory through log file growth.

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-2020-9000?

CVE-2020-9000 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in iPortalis iCS 7.1.13.0. Attackers can send a sequence of requests to rapidly cause .NET Input Validation errors. This increases the size of the log file on the remote server until memory is exhausted, therefore consuming the maximum amount of resources (triggering a denial of service condition).

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9000?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Iportalis Iportalis Control Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9000?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9000 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-2020-9000 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-26mq-g447-6cjq.

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