Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation Affecting podman-tests package, versions <2:4.0.2-20.module+el8.8.0+18201+6ad7332c


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-PODMANTESTS-2951765
  • published 15 Jul 2022
  • disclosed 12 Jul 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 podman-tests to version 2:4.0.2-20.module+el8.8.0+18201+6ad7332c or higher.

NVD Description

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

Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Skip in encoding/xml before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a deeply nested XML document.

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

7.3 high
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SUSE

6.2 medium