Medium severity · published Jan 14, 2020
CVE-2020-6173
TUF (aka The Update Framework) 0.7.2 through 0.12.1 allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
5.3
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
TUF (aka The Update Framework) 0.7.2 through 0.12.1 allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TU
The Update Framework · Linuxfoundation
0.7.2 through 0.12.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6173
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6173
Patch
https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf/commits/develop
Exploit
https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf/issues/973
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