SB2019080605 - Denial of service in grpc-ts-health-check nmp module
Published: August 6, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019080605
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the package exposes an API endpoint. A remote attacker can set the service's health status to failing, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack as Kubernetes blocks traffic to services with a failing status.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.