SB2022102004 - SUSE update for helm 

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SB2022102004 - SUSE update for helm

Published: October 20, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022102004
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1996)

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)

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.

References