#VU31127 Resource exhaustion in Kubernetes - CVE-2019-1002100

 

#VU31127 Resource exhaustion in Kubernetes - CVE-2019-1002100

Published: April 1, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31127
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1002100
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Kubernetes
Software vendor:
Kubernetes

Description

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

In all Kubernetes versions prior to v1.11.8, v1.12.6, and v1.13.4, users that are authorized to make patch requests to the Kubernetes API Server can send a specially crafted patch of type "json-patch" (e.g. `kubectl patch --type json` or `"Content-Type: application/json-patch+json"`) that consumes excessive resources while processing, causing a Denial of Service on the API Server.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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