Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting openshift-ansible-test package, versions <0:4.12.0-202306090942.p0.g74dc7b3.assembly.stream.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.54% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OPENSHIFTANSIBLETEST-5967403
  • published7 Oct 2022
  • disclosed4 Oct 2022

Introduced: 4 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-2879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 openshift-ansible-test to version 0:4.12.0-202306090942.p0.g74dc7b3.assembly.stream.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:3613.

NVD Description

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

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1