Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting openshift-clients-redistributable package, versions <0:4.12.0-202301312133.p0.gb05f7d4.assembly.stream.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-OPENSHIFTCLIENTSREDISTRIBUTABLE-5291086
- published 7 Oct 2022
- disclosed 4 Oct 2022
Introduced: 4 Oct 2022
CVE-2022-2879 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 openshift-clients-redistributable to version 0:4.12.0-202301312133.p0.gb05f7d4.assembly.stream.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0727.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openshift-clients-redistributable package and not the openshift-clients-redistributable 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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2879
- https://go.dev/issue/54853
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU
- https://go.dev/cl/439355
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THKJHFMX4DAZXJ5MFPN3BNHZDN7BW5RI/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09