CVE-2020-5416: CF clusters with NGINX in front of them may be vulnerable to DoS

Published Aug 21, 2020
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Updated

Cloud Foundry Routing (Gorouter), versions prior to 0.204.0, when used in a deployment with NGINX reverse proxies in front of the Gorouters, is potentially vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks in which an unauthenticated malicious attacker can send specially-crafted HTTP requests that may cause the Gorouters to be dropped from the NGINX backend pool.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Cloudfoundry Cf-deployment<13.13.0
Cloudfoundry Routing-release<0.204.0

Event History

Aug 21, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:50 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:50 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-5416?

CVE-2020-5416 is a vulnerability in Cloud Foundry Routing (Gorouter) versions prior to 0.204.0.

2

How does CVE-2020-5416 affect Cloudfoundry Cf-deployment?

Cloudfoundry Cf-deployment versions up to and excluding 13.13.0 are affected by CVE-2020-5416.

3

How does CVE-2020-5416 affect Cloudfoundry Routing-release?

Cloudfoundry Routing-release versions up to and excluding 0.204.0 are affected by CVE-2020-5416.

4

What is the severity of CVE-2020-5416?

CVE-2020-5416 has a severity rating of high (6.5).

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-5416?

More information about CVE-2020-5416 can be found at https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-5416.

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