CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-8557

The Kubernetes kubelet component in versions 1.1-1.16.12, 1.17.0-1.17.8 and 1.18.0-1.18.5 do not account for disk usage by a pod which writes to its own /etc/hosts file. The /etc/hosts file mounted in a pod by kubelet is not included by the kubelet eviction manager when calculating ephemeral storage usage by a pod. If a pod writes a large amount of data to the /etc/hosts file, it could fill the storage space of the node and cause the node to fail.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/93032 Issue Tracking Patch
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/cB_JUsYEKyY/m/vVSO61AhBwAJ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200821-0002/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-07-23 05:15

Updated : 2023-01-27 08:35

NVD link : CVE-2020-8557

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8557

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-400