CVE-2020-1702
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CVE-2020-1702 is a low-severity vulnerability rated 3.3/10 on the CVSS scale. A malicious container image can consume an unbounded amount of memory when being pulled to a container runtime host, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux using podman, or OpenShift Container Platform. An attacker can use this flaw to trick a user, with privileges to pull container images, into crashing the process responsible for pulling the image. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A malicious container image can consume an unbounded amount of memory when being pulled to a container runtime host, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux using podman, or OpenShift Container Platform. An attacker can use this flaw to trick a user, with privileges to pull container images, into crashing the process responsible for pulling the image. This flaw affects containers-image versions before 5.2.0.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Containers-Image Project | Containers-Image | < 5.2.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792796Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792796Issue Tracking
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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