PT-2020-13164 · Envoy · Envoy

Antonio Vicente · Published 2020-07-01 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2020-12605

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Envoy versions 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 or earlier

Description The issue is related to excessive memory consumption when processing HTTP/1.1 headers with long field names or requests with long URLs.

Recommendations For Envoy versions 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 or earlier, consider restricting the length of HTTP/1.1 headers and URLs to minimize the risk of excessive memory consumption. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BIT-ENVOY-2020-12605

CVE-2020-12605

GHSA-FJXC-JJ43-F777

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0065-1

RHSA-2020:2798

RHSA-2020:2864

Affected Products

Envoy

References · 16

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-envoy-2020-12605 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12605 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12605 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0065-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-fjxc-jj43-f777 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35471 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8663 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12604 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12603 · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/WUFXLLYPEPLGLE3CNOENBUDET76YJXPI · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/4763 · Telegram Post
• ❌ https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy-setec/issues/137 · Note, Deleted
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167073 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173559 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12605 · Note