CVE-2020-8552

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8552
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 Kubernetes API server component in 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.

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 Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-8552: apiserver DoS (oom) · Issue #89378 · 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: Gus Lees (Amazon)

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 770045 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.29 Security Update (RHSA-2020:1527)

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