CVE-2020-15853 is a vulnerability in Fedora Project Supybot Fedora
Published on October 18, 2022
supybot-fedora implements the command 'refresh', that refreshes the cache of all users from FAS. This takes quite a while to run, and zodbot stops responding to requests during this time.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-15853 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2020-15853 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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