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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-11254: kubernetes: Denial of service in API server via crafted YAML payloads by authorized users

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-11254: kubernetes: Denial of service in API server via crafted YAML payloads by authorized users

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/01/2020
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

The Kubernetes API Server component in versions 1.1-1.14, and versions prior to 1.15.10, 1.16.7 and 1.17.3 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the kube-apiserver to consume excessive CPU cycles while parsing YAML.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-atomic-openshift
  • linuxrpm-upgrade-openshift

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