Denial of service in Container Projects image library
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2020-1702 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Container Projects image library Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | Container Projects |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU26514
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1702
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application reads the entire image manifest file into memory. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by supplying a huge manifest file.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsContainer Projects image library: 1.1 - 5.1.0
External linkshttp://github.com/containers/image/pull/803
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792796
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
