CVE-2020-25201: Denial of service in HashiCorp Consul

January 31, 2024

HashiCorp Consul Enterprise version 1.7.0 up to 1.8.4 includes a namespace replication bug which can be triggered to cause denial of service via infinite Raft writes. Fixed in 1.7.9 and 1.8.5.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-496g-fr33-whrf
github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/9024
github.com/hashicorp/consul/releases/tag/v1.8.5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25201
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09
www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul

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