Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting osbuild-composer-dnf-json package, versions <0:76-2.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-OSBUILDCOMPOSERDNFJSON-3041075
  • published7 Oct 2022
  • disclosed4 Oct 2022

Introduced: 4 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-2879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 osbuild-composer-dnf-json to version 0:76-2.el9_2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream osbuild-composer-dnf-json package and not the osbuild-composer-dnf-json package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

CVSS Scores

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