Fedora 35 update for containerd, golang-github-containerd-cni, golang-github-containernetworking-cni, golang-x-sys

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU64007

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31030

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the ExecSync API. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 35

golang-x-sys: before 0-23.20220604gitbc2c85a.fc35

golang-github-containernetworking-cni: before 1.1.1-1.fc35

golang-github-containerd-cni: before 1.1.6-1.fc35

containerd: before 1.6.6-1.fc35

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:golang-x-sys:*:*:*:*:*:fedora:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:golang-github-containernetworking-cni:*:*:*:*:*:fedora:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:golang-github-containerd-cni:*:*:*:*:*:fedora:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:fedora:*:*

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-725ac93b48

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.