CVE-2020-17522
Cache Manipulation Attack in Apache Traffic Control
5.8
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.2%
Description
When ORT (now via atstccfg) generates ip_allow.config files in Apache Traffic Control 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 and 4.0.0 to 4.1.0, those files include permissions that allow bad actors to push arbitrary content into and remove arbitrary content from CDN cache servers. Additionally, these permissions are potentially extended to IP addresses outside the desired range, resulting in them being granted to clients possibly outside the CDN arcitechture.
How to fix CVE-2020-17522
To remediate CVE-2020-17522, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.0.0 or later
Is CVE-2020-17522 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.0.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |