Resource Exhaustion Affecting container-tools:rhel8/container-selinux package, versions <2:2.229.0-2.module+el8.10.0+21196+3f0abbca


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-7056530
  • published23 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:rhel8/container-selinux to version 2:2.229.0-2.module+el8.10.0+21196+3f0abbca or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:2988.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream container-tools:rhel8/container-selinux package and not the container-tools:rhel8/container-selinux 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