Denial of service in moby

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU101384

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36623

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the streamformatter package. A local user can exploit the race and crash the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

moby: 25.0.0 - 25.0.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:25.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://gist.github.com/1047524396/c192c0159a19bf58a4373b696467dc29
https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v25.0.3/pkg/streamformatter/streamformatter.go#L115
https://github.com/moby/moby/commit/5689dabfb357b673abdb4391eef426f297d7d1bb

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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