CVE-2020-1702

Description

A malicious container image can consume an unbounded amount of memory when being pulled to a container runtime host, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux using podman, or OpenShift Container Platform. An attacker can use this flaw to trick a user, with privileges to pull container images, into crashing the process responsible for pulling the image. This flaw affects containers-image versions before 5.2.0.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.19%
Affected: n/a containers/image
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792796 issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-1702?
CVE-2020-1702 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-1702?
To fix CVE-2020-1702, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-1702 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-1702 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-1702?
CVE-2020-1702 affects n/a containers/image.
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