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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting github.com/istio/istio/pilot/pkg/proxy/envoy/v2 package, versions <1.5.0-alpha.0

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (32nd percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMISTIOISTIOPILOTPKGPROXYENVOYV2-1065960
  • published 29 Jan 2021
  • disclosed 29 Jan 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 29 Jan 2021

CVE-2019-25014 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/istio/istio/pilot/pkg/proxy/envoy/v2 to version 1.5.0-alpha.0 or higher.

Overview

github.com/istio/istio/pilot/pkg/proxy/envoy/v2 is an An open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. A NULL pointer dereference was found in pkg/proxy/envoy/v2/debug.go getResourceVersion in Istio pilot before 1.5.0-alpha.0. If a particular HTTP GET request is made to the pilot API endpoint, it is possible to cause the Go runtime to panic (resulting in a denial of service to the istio-pilot application).