#VU19939 Resource exhaustion in grpc-ts-health-check
Published: August 6, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19939
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
grpc-ts-health-check
grpc-ts-health-check
Software vendor:
Nicolas Pearson
Nicolas Pearson
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the package exposes an API endpoint. A remote attacker can set the service's health status to failing, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack as Kubernetes blocks traffic to services with a failing status.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.