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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-ISTIOIOISTIOPILOTPKGPROXYENVOYV2-1065962
  • published29 Jan 2021
  • disclosed29 Jan 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jan 2021

CVE-2019-25014  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

Overview

istio.io/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).

CVSS Base Scores

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