CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-1950

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Published: Mar 23, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tikas PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TikaApache1.0 (including)1.23 (including)
Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0RedHattika-core*
Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0RedHattika-parsers*
TikaUbuntubionic*
TikaUbuntueoan*
TikaUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
TikaUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
TikaUbuntufocal*
TikaUbuntugroovy*
TikaUbuntuhirsute*
TikaUbuntuimpish*
TikaUbuntukinetic*
TikaUbuntulunar*
TikaUbuntumantic*
TikaUbuntutrusty*
TikaUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

  • Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:

  • The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.

  • The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute – and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.

References