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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-31030: Security patch for containerd (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-31030: Security patch for containerd (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/09/2022
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/04/2022
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in the containerd's CRI implementation where programs inside a container can cause the containerd daemon to consume memory without bound during invocation of the `ExecSync` API. This can cause containerd to consume all available memory on the computer, denying service to other legitimate workloads. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd's CRI implementation; `ExecSync` may be used when running probes or when executing processes via an "exec" facility. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.6 and 1.5.13. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that only trusted images and commands are used.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-containerd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-containerd-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-containerd-stress

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