libpod update for go

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU72686

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41723

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the HPACK decoder. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/2 stream to the application, cause resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Podman: 4.0.0 - 4.4.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:containers:libpod:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:containers:libpod:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:containers:libpod:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/containers/libpod/releases/tag/v4.4.3

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.