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Symmetric denial of service - FTP

Description

The server crash is generated with multiple requests with the functionality Configuration and Programming Reverse Homologation that takes time to process the information when making the request with the selected SFTP (SSH) protocol, causing a 504 error in the application.

Impact

Cause a denial of service.

Recommendation

Define a time-out when a query or a search is taking too long to process the information.

Threat

Authenticated attacker in the application.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 60 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: L
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Scope: U
  • Confidentiality: N
  • Integrity: N
  • Availability: H

Temporal

  • Exploit code maturity: X
  • Remediation level: X
  • Report confidence: X

Result

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
  • Score:
    • Base: 6.5
    • Temporal: 6.5
  • Severity:
    • Base: Medium
    • Temporal: Medium

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0 . It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: L
  • Attack Requirements: N
  • Privileges required: L
  • User interaction: N
  • Confidentiality (VC): N
  • Integrity (VI): N
  • Availability (VA): H
  • Confidentiality (SC): N
  • Integrity (SI): N
  • Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

  • Exploit maturity: X

Result 4.0

  • Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
  • Score:
    • CVSS-BT: 7.1
  • Severity:
    • CVSS-BT: High

Requirements

Fixes

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