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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.