Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting podman-tests package, versions <3:4.4.1-8.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PODMANTESTS-3119010
  • published3 Aug 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2022

Introduced: 3 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-30631  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 podman-tests to version 3:4.4.1-8.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-2758.

NVD Description

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

Uncontrolled recursion in Reader.Read in compress/gzip before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via an archive containing a large number of concatenated 0-length compressed files.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1