Resource Exhaustion Affecting container-tools:3.0/containers-common package, versions <1:1.2.2-9.module+el8.4.0+21529+674bace2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CONTAINERTOOLS-6750072
  • 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/containers-common to version 1:1.2.2-9.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/containers-common package and not the container-tools:3.0/containers-common 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 Scores

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