CVE-2020-9041 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service against Couchbase Server and Sync Gateway endpoints via Slowloris attacks due to insufficient connection termination.
- 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-2020-9041?
CVE-2020-9041 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Couchbase Couchbase Server, published on 8 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Couchbase Server 6.0.3 and Couchbase Sync Gateway through 2.7.0, the Cluster management, views, query, and full-text search endpoints are vulnerable to the Slowloris denial-of-service attack because they don't more aggressively terminate slow connections.
Weakness: CWE-404
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9041?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Couchbase Couchbase Server, Couchbase Sync Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9041?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9041 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-2020-9041 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9041 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Couchbase Couchbase Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v8jf-vgq7-838j.