CVE-2020-12758: Service-router config entry with no destination #7783
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Summary
Requiring service:write permissions, a service-router entry without a destination can crash Consul servers.
Background
Introduced in Consul v1.6.0, a service-router config entry controls Connect traffic routing and manipulation at networking layer 7 (e.g. HTTP). When an entry is created without a destination, requiring an ACL token with service:write permissions, it is possible to crash Consul servers.
Remediation
Steps to remediate: