CVE-2020-5401 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cloud Foundry Routing Release, versions prior to 0.197.0, contains GoRouter, which allows malicious clients to send invalid headers, causing caching layers to reject subsequent legitimate clients trying to access the app.

Published: 2020-02-27

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Cloud Foundry

Routing

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 0.197.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:routing_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-26580	Cloud Foundry Routing Release, versions prior to 0.197.0, contains GoRouter, which allows malicious clients to send invalid headers, causing caching layers to reject subsequent legitimate clients trying to access the app.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01037.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2020-5401

History

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Subscriptions

Cloudfoundry Routing Release

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: pivotal

Published: 2020-02-27T19:30:23.717Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:38:11.499Z

Reserved: 2020-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5401

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-27T20:15:11.500

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:21:25.557

Link: CVE-2020-5401

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-393
Return of Wrong Status Code
CWE-444
Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')

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