DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1722

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1722
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1722.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1722
Upstream
Published
2020-04-27T21:15:13Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:36Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in all ipa versions 4.x.x through 4.8.0. When sending a very long password (>= 1,000,000 characters) to the server, the password hashing process could exhaust memory and CPU leading to a denial of service and the website becoming unresponsive. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / freeipa

Package

Name
freeipa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freeipa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.8-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / freeipa

Package

Name
freeipa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freeipa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.8-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / freeipa

Package

Name
freeipa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freeipa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.8-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}