CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8867

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Published: Apr 22, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of OPC Foundation UA .NET Standard 1.04.358.30. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of sessions. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition against the application. Was ZDI-CAN-10295.

Weakness

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource’s state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Unified_architecture_.net-standard Opcfoundation * 1.04.358.30 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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