Resource Exhaustion Affecting podman package, versions <3:4.9.4-0.1.module+el8.10.0+21350+ea09fba1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.24% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-PODMAN-1964376
  • published 11 Aug 2021
  • disclosed 10 Mar 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 podman to version 3:4.9.4-0.1.module+el8.10.0+21350+ea09fba1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman package and not the podman package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Go before 1.15.13 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5, there can be a panic for a large exponent to the math/big.Rat SetString or UnmarshalText method.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high
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SUSE

7.5 high