#VU67945 Resource exhaustion in Helm - CVE-2022-36055 

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#VU67945 Resource exhaustion in Helm - CVE-2022-36055

Published: October 5, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67945
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-36055
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Helm
Software vendor:
The Helm Project

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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