Resource Exhaustion Affecting toolbox package, versions <0:0.0.99.4-5.module+el8.9.0+19656+a0b7daeb


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.72% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-TOOLBOX-3244668
  • published 23 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 29 Aug 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 toolbox to version 0:0.0.99.4-5.module+el8.9.0+19656+a0b7daeb or higher.

NVD Description

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

Parsing malicious or large YAML documents can consume excessive amounts of CPU or memory.

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