CVE-2020-1722

ipa: No password length restriction leads to denial of service

Published Apr 27, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0. When sending a very long password (>= 1,000,000 characters) to the server, the password hashing process could exhaust memory and CPU leading to a denial of service and the website becoming unresponsive. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12573 A flaw was found in all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0. When sending a very long password (>= 1,000,000 characters) to the server, the password hashing process could exhaust memory and CPU leading to a denial of service and the website becoming unresponsive. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 6:46 AM
Reserved
Nov 27, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 27, 2020, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:02 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 14, 2020, 4:26 AM