5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-14891
Cri-o Container Management Vulnerability (Host Network Escalation)
Description

A flaw was found in cri-o, as a result of all pod-related processes being placed in the same memory cgroup. This can result in container management (conmon) processes being killed if a workload process triggers an out-of-memory (OOM) condition for the cgroup. An attacker could abuse this flaw to get host network access on an cri-o host.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 25, 2019, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 28, 2020, 6:10 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.4

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-14891 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-14891 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Kubernetes cri-o
1 Redhat openshift_container_platform
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-14891.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14891 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 4 years, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 26, 2020, 12:59 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-14891 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-14891 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CWE NIST CWE-754
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14891 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14891 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.16.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-14891 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.00%

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0.29363

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