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CVE-2020-27222 (GCVE-0-2020-27222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-03 15:45 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:11
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Summary
In Eclipse Californium version 2.3.0 to 2.6.0, the certificate based (x509 and RPK) DTLS handshakes accidentally fails, because the DTLS server side sticks to a wrong internal state. That wrong internal state is set by a previous certificate based DTLS handshake failure with TLS parameter mismatch. The DTLS server side must be restarted to recover this. This allow clients to force a DoS.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-372 - Incomplete Internal State Distinction
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Californium Affected: [2.3.0, 2.6.0]
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