Resource exhaustion in Starwindsoftware Iscsi_san

CVE-2013-20004

A flaw was found in StarWind iSCSI target. StarWind service does not limit client connections and allocates memory on each connection attempt. An attacker could create a denial of service state by trying to connect a non-existent target mu…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-20004?
CVE-2013-20004 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Starwindsoftware Iscsi_san, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2013-20004?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2013-20004 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.