Vulnerability DatabaseRUSTSEC-2020-0053

RUSTSEC-2020-0053
Rust vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

RUSTSEC-2020-0053 is a vulnerability that affects the webpki crate, causing a CPU denial of service condition in certificate path building operations. The issue was discovered and disclosed in 2020, impacting systems using the rustls-webpki library for certificate validation (Debian Tracker).

Technical details

The vulnerability manifests as a CPU-based denial of service condition specifically during certificate path building operations in the webpki library. This affects the certificate validation process, which is a critical security component in TLS implementations (Debian Tracker).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability can lead to excessive CPU consumption during certificate validation processes, potentially causing denial of service conditions in affected applications (Debian Tracker).

Exploitability

The vulnerability can be triggered during certificate path building operations, making it exploitable in scenarios where attackers can influence the certificate validation process (Debian Tracker).

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