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CVE-2020-2024

Kata Containers - Guests can trick the kata-runtime into unmounting any mount point on the host

Published: May 19, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-59
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An improper link resolution vulnerability affects Kata Containers versions prior to 1.11.0. Upon container teardown, a malicious guest can trick the kata-runtime into unmounting any mount point on the host and all mount points underneath it, potentiality resulting in a host DoS.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

Kata Containers
oss-project
Kata ContainersOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
katacontainers
oss-projectaka kata containers, kata-containers
runtimeOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2474
github.com
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2475
github.com

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