CVE-2020-27222

californium-core: DTLS - DoS vulnerability for certificate based handshakes

Published Feb 3, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Eclipse Californium version 2.3.0 to 2.6.0, the certificate based (x509 and RPK) DTLS handshakes accidentally fails, because the DTLS server side sticks to a wrong internal state. That wrong internal state is set by a previous certificate based DTLS handshake failure with TLS parameter mismatch. The DTLS server side must be restarted to recover this. This allow clients to force a DoS.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-19737 In Eclipse Californium version 2.3.0 to 2.6.0, the certificate based (x509 and RPK) DTLS handshakes accidentally fails, because the DTLS server side sticks to a wrong internal state. That wrong internal state is set by a previous certificate based DTLS handshake failure with TLS parameter mismatch. The DTLS server side must be restarted to recover this. This allow clients to force a DoS.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
eclipse
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:11 PM
Reserved
Oct 19, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 3, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:08 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Feb 3, 2021, 12:00 AM