Resource Exhaustion Affecting skopeo package, versions <2:1.14.3-2.module+el8.10.0+21962+8143777b


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-SKOPEO-6421470
  • published 11 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 9 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 skopeo to version 2:1.14.3-2.module+el8.10.0+21962+8143777b or higher.

NVD Description

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

jose is JavaScript module for JSON Object Signing and Encryption, providing support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Key (JWK), JSON Web Key Set (JWKS), and more. A vulnerability has been identified in the JSON Web Encryption (JWE) decryption interfaces, specifically related to the support for decompressing plaintext after its decryption. Under certain conditions it is possible to have the user's environment consume unreasonable amount of CPU time or memory during JWE Decryption operations. This issue has been patched in versions 2.0.7 and 4.15.5.

CVSS Scores

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Red Hat

5.3 medium
  • 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)
    Low