Gvisor Sandbox Under Attack: Root Access Required for Panic
CVE-2023-7258

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Google
Status
Gvisor
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 May 2024

Summary

A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as root and with permission to mount volumes to kill the sandbox. We recommend upgrading past commit 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6

Affected Version(s)

Gvisor 0b983ff832b175e406f4f9b1a3868457bb1ceb7b < 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6

References

https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/6a112c60a257dadac...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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