CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-27978

Shibboleth Identify Provider 3.x before 3.4.6 has a denial of service flaw. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a login flow to trigger Java heap exhaustion due to the creation of objects in the Java Servlet container session.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20191002.txt Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:identity_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-10-28 03:15

Updated : 2022-02-08 03:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-27978

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27978

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-770