Resource Exhaustion Affecting container-tools:3.0/buildah-tests package, versions <0:1.19.9-1.module+el8.4.0+21529+674bace2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.4% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CONTAINERTOOLS-6750010
  • published1 May 2024
  • disclosed10 Mar 2021

Introduced: 10 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-33198  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 container-tools:3.0/buildah-tests to version 0:1.19.9-1.module+el8.4.0+21529+674bace2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2586.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream container-tools:3.0/buildah-tests package and not the container-tools:3.0/buildah-tests package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Go before 1.15.13 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5, there can be a panic for a large exponent to the math/big.Rat SetString or UnmarshalText method.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1