SB2022102004 - SUSE update for helm
Published: October 20, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1996)
CWE-ID: CWE-942 - Overly Permissive Cross-domain Whitelist
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the CORS protection mechanism.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of the "Origin" HTTP header that is supplied within HTTP request. A remote attacker can supply arbitrary value via the "Origin" HTTP header, bypass implemented CORS protection mechanism and perform cross-site scripting attacks against the vulnerable application.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36055)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect resource management within the strvals package, responsible for converting strings into Go structures. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and consume all available memory on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.