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CVE-2021-41190

Clarify Content-Type handling in OCI spec

Published: Nov 17, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-843

Description

The OCI Distribution Spec project defines an API protocol to facilitate and standardize the distribution of content. In the OCI Distribution Specification version 1.0.0 and prior, the Content-Type header alone was used to determine the type of document during push and pull operations. Documents that contain both “manifests” and “layers” fields could be interpreted as either a manifest or an index in the absence of an accompanying Content-Type header. If a Content-Type header changed between two pulls of the same digest, a client may interpret the resulting content differently. The OCI Distribution Specification has been updated to require that a mediaType value present in a manifest or index match the Content-Type header used during the push and pull operations. Clients pulling from a registry may distrust the Content-Type header and reject an ambiguous document that contains both “manifests” and “layers” fields or “manifests” and “config” fields if they are unable to update to version 1.0.1 of the spec.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:RS:CC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None

Weaknesses

Affected Products

linuxfoundationoss-projectUSAI / MLaka yocto, pytorch, everest
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

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Timeline

Published
Nov 17, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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