Resource exhaustion in Kubernetes Kubernetes

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU31127

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1002100

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.11.8, v1.12.6, and v1.13.4, users that are authorized to make patch requests to the Kubernetes API Server can send a specially crafted patch of type "json-patch" (e.g. `kubectl patch --type json` or `"Content-Type: application/json-patch+json"`) that consumes excessive resources while processing, causing a Denial of Service on the API Server.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Kubernetes: 1.13.0 - 1.13.3

External links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107290
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1851
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3239
http://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/74534
http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-announce/vmUUNkYfG9g
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0002/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.