Input validation error in Kubernetes - CVE-2021-25743

 

Input validation error in Kubernetes - CVE-2021-25743

Published: August 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79792
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25743
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Kubernetes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
Containers Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
kubernetes
kubernetes-node
kubernetes-kubeadm
kubernetes-client
kubernetes-kubelet
kubernetes-help
kubernetes-master
kubernetes1.23-client-debuginfo
kubernetes1.23-client
kubernetes1.23-client-common
kubernetes1.23-controller-manager-debuginfo
kubernetes1.23-proxy-debuginfo
kubernetes1.23-kubelet-debuginfo
kubernetes1.23-scheduler-debuginfo
kubernetes1.23-apiserver-debuginfo
kubernetes1.23-kubeadm-debuginfo
kubernetes1.23-client-bash-completion
kubernetes1.23-client-fish-completion
kubernetes1.23-kubelet-common
kubernetes1.23-kubeadm
kubernetes1.23-controller-manager
kubernetes1.23-apiserver
kubernetes1.23-scheduler
kubernetes1.23-proxy
kubernetes1.23-kubelet
kubernetes1.24-scheduler
kubernetes1.24-proxy
kubernetes1.24-kubeadm
kubernetes1.24-client-common
kubernetes1.24-kubelet-common
kubernetes1.24-client
kubernetes1.24-controller-manager
kubernetes1.24-apiserver
kubernetes1.24-client-fish-completion
kubernetes1.24-client-bash-completion
kubernetes1.24-kubelet
kubernetes1.25-client-fish-completion
kubernetes1.25-apiserver
kubernetes1.25-kubelet
kubernetes1.25-proxy
kubernetes1.25-controller-manager
kubernetes1.25-kubeadm
kubernetes1.25-kubelet-common
kubernetes1.25-client
kubernetes1.25-client-common
kubernetes1.25-scheduler
kubernetes1.25-client-bash-completion
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
IBM InfoSphere Information Server

How to mitigate CVE-2021-25743

Install updates from vendor's website.

kubernetes - addressed in versions 1.20.2-15, 1.20.2-16
kubernetes-node - addressed in versions 1.20.2-15, 1.20.2-16
kubernetes-kubeadm - addressed in versions 1.20.2-15, 1.20.2-16
kubernetes-client - addressed in versions 1.20.2-15, 1.20.2-16
kubernetes-kubelet - addressed in versions 1.20.2-15, 1.20.2-16
kubernetes-help - addressed in versions 1.20.2-15, 1.20.2-16
kubernetes-master - addressed in versions 1.20.2-15, 1.20.2-16
kubernetes1.23-client-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.23.17-150300.7.12.1, 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-client - addressed in versions 1.23.17-150300.7.12.1, 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-client-common - addressed in versions 1.23.17-150300.7.12.1, 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-controller-manager-debuginfo - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-proxy-debuginfo - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-kubelet-debuginfo - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-scheduler-debuginfo - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-apiserver-debuginfo - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-kubeadm-debuginfo - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-client-bash-completion - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-client-fish-completion - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-kubelet-common - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-kubeadm - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-controller-manager - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-apiserver - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-scheduler - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-proxy - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.23-kubelet - update to 1.23.17-150500.3.15.1
kubernetes1.24-scheduler - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-proxy - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-kubeadm - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-client-common - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-kubelet-common - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-client - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-controller-manager - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-apiserver - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-client-fish-completion - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-client-bash-completion - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes1.24-kubelet - addressed in versions 1.24.17-150300.7.6.1, 1.24.17-150400.9.16.1, 1.24.17-150500.3.19.1
kubernetes - update to 1.25.11-1.fc37
kubernetes1.25-client-fish-completion - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-apiserver - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-kubelet - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-proxy - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-controller-manager - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-kubeadm - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-kubelet-common - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-client - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-client-common - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-scheduler - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
kubernetes1.25-client-bash-completion - update to 1.25.16-150400.9.10.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.8.1
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 5.0.3, 7.1.0
IBM InfoSphere Information Server - update to 11.7.1 Fix Pack 5

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