CVE-2020-8661

CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when responding internally to pipelined requests.

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

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Envoy	Cncf	*	1.13.0 (including)
OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0	RedHat	servicemesh-proxy-0:1.0.9-2.el8	*

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.

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8661
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption