Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVE-2020-8659
Summary
CNCF Envoy through 1.13.0 may consume excessive amounts of memory when proxying HTTP/1.1 requests or responses with many small (i.e. 1 byte) chunks.
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- NETWORK
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- UNCHANGED
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- HIGH
CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published