SB2022100548 - Denial of service in Helm 



SB2022100548 - Denial of service in Helm

Published: October 5, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022100548
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36055)

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect resource management within the strvals package, responsible for converting strings into Go structures. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and consume all available memory on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.