CVE-2021-20291
Containers Storage Deadlock Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
A deadlock vulnerability was found in 'github.com/containers/storage' in versions before 1.28.1. When a container image is processed, each layer is unpacked using `tar`. If one of those layers is not a valid `tar` archive this causes an error leading to an unexpected situation where the code indefinitely waits for the tar unpacked stream, which never finishes. An attacker could use this vulnerability to craft a malicious image, which when downloaded and stored by an application using containers/storage, would then cause a deadlock leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
INFO
Published Date :
April 1, 2021, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2021-20291 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-20291
vulnerability.
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CVE-2021-20291 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5D7XL7FL24TWFMGQ3K2S72EOUSLZMKL/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNMB7O2UIXE34PGSCSOULGHPX5LIJBMM/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WX24EITRXVHDM5M223BVTJA2ODF2FSHI/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPYOHNG2Q7DCAQZMGYLMENLKALGDLG3X/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R5D7XL7FL24TWFMGQ3K2S72EOUSLZMKL/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZNMB7O2UIXE34PGSCSOULGHPX5LIJBMM/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WX24EITRXVHDM5M223BVTJA2ODF2FSHI/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPYOHNG2Q7DCAQZMGYLMENLKALGDLG3X/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 02, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R5D7XL7FL24TWFMGQ3K2S72EOUSLZMKL/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R5D7XL7FL24TWFMGQ3K2S72EOUSLZMKL/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPYOHNG2Q7DCAQZMGYLMENLKALGDLG3X/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPYOHNG2Q7DCAQZMGYLMENLKALGDLG3X/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WX24EITRXVHDM5M223BVTJA2ODF2FSHI/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WX24EITRXVHDM5M223BVTJA2ODF2FSHI/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZNMB7O2UIXE34PGSCSOULGHPX5LIJBMM/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZNMB7O2UIXE34PGSCSOULGHPX5LIJBMM/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2021-20291/ No Types Assigned https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2021-20291/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 24, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/cve-2021-20291/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 06, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SPYOHNG2Q7DCAQZMGYLMENLKALGDLG3X/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 04, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WX24EITRXVHDM5M223BVTJA2ODF2FSHI/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 24, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZNMB7O2UIXE34PGSCSOULGHPX5LIJBMM/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 24, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R5D7XL7FL24TWFMGQ3K2S72EOUSLZMKL/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 06, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939485 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939485 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:storage_project:storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.28.1 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-20291 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-20291
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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0.52 }} 0.03%
score
0.74328
percentile