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CVE-2020-16843

MEDIUM

5.9

Description

In Firecracker 0.20.x before 0.20.1 and 0.21.x before 0.21.2, the network stack can freeze under heavy ingress traffic. This can result in a denial of service on the microVM when it is configured with a single network interface, and an availability problem for the microVM network interface on which the issue is triggered.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.9

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/4/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

amazon:firecracker

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/2057(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/2057(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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