Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affecting github.com/google/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs package, versions <20231204.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGOOGLEGVISORPKGSENTRYVFS-6861891
  • published 17 May 2024
  • disclosed 15 May 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/google/gvisor/pkg/sentry/vfs to version 20231204.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in the mount point tracking process. An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting a bug in reference counting code, leading to a panic and killing the sandbox.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
4.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High