PT-2020-6540 · Gsoap · Gsoap

Published 2020-11-05 · Updated 2024-03-01 · CVE-2020-13578

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 gSOAP version 2.8.107

Description A denial-of-service issue exists in the WS-Security plugin functionality of gSOAP. This issue can be triggered by a specially crafted SOAP request, leading to denial of service. An attacker can exploit this by sending a specially designed HTTP request.

Recommendations For version 2.8.107, consider disabling the WS-Security plugin functionality as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the vulnerable plugin to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the WS-Security plugin until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-06074

CVE-2020-13578

DLA-3745-1

MGASA-2021-0263

Affected Products

Gsoap

References · 31

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1189 · Exploit
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/SMTJ3SJJ22SFLBLPKFADV7NVBH7UFA23 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13578 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/SMTJ3SJJ22SFLBLPKFADV7NVBH7UFA23 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0263.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JINMAJB4WQASTKTNSPQL3V7YMSYPKIA2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-06074 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13578 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0263 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3745-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/JINMAJB4WQASTKTNSPQL3V7YMSYPKIA2 · Vendor Advisory