CVE-2020-8551

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-8551
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-27 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:26:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Kubelet component in versions 1.15.0-1.15.9, 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 the kubelet API, including the unauthenticated HTTP read-only API typically served on port 10255, and the authenticated HTTPS API typically served on port 10250.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: origin-3.11.2-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Google Groups MISC groups.google.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: origin-3.11.2-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
April 2020 Kubernetes Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE-2020-8551: Kubelet DoS via API · Issue #89377 · kubernetes/kubernetes · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Google Groups groups.google.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Henrik Schmidt

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377860 Kubernetes kubelet Denial of Service (DoS) Via API Vulnerability
  • 770020 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.10 Security Update (RHSA-2020:1276)

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