MEDIUM5.3

GHSA-82hx-w2r5-c2wq

Kubernetes API Server DoS Via API Requests

Quick fix

GHSA-82hx-w2r5-c2wq — k8s.io/apiserver: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get k8s.io/apiserver@v0.15.10

Details

The Kubernetes API server component in Kubernetes versions prior to 1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via successful API requests.

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Affected packages

Go/k8s.io/apiserver

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 0.15.10

Fixgo get k8s.io/apiserver@v0.15.10

Go/k8s.io/apiserver

Introduced in: 0.16.0Fixed in: 0.16.7

Fixgo get k8s.io/apiserver@v0.16.7

Go/k8s.io/apiserver

Introduced in: 0.17.0Fixed in: 0.17.3

Fixgo get k8s.io/apiserver@v0.17.3

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8552[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89378[WEB]
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/87669[WEB]
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/5978856c4c7f10737a11c9540fe60b8475beecbb[WEB]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kubernetes-security-announce/2UOlsba2g0s[WEB]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3SOCLOPTSYABTE4CLTSPDIFE6ZZZR4LX[WEB]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200413-0003[WEB]