6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-33958
"Notation Registry Signature Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability"
Description

notation is a CLI tool to sign and verify OCI artifacts and container images. An attacker who has compromised a registry and added a high number of signatures to an artifact can cause denial of service of services on the machine, if a user runs notation verify command on the same machine. The problem has been fixed in the release v1.0.0-rc.6. Users should upgrade their notation packages to v1.0.0-rc.6 or above. Users unable to upgrade may restrict container registries to a set of secure and trusted container registries.

INFO

Published Date :

June 6, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 29, 2024, 9:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-33958 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 Notaryproject notation-go
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-2023-33958.

URL Resource
https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6 Release Notes
https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/security/advisories/GHSA-rvrx-rrwh-r9p6 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-33958 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
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    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://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/security/advisories/GHSA-rvrx-rrwh-r9p6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/security/advisories/GHSA-rvrx-rrwh-r9p6 Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.0.0 *cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:go:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation:1.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:go:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation:1.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:go:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation:1.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:go:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation:1.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:go:*:*
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)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.09 }} 0.01%

score

0.38114

percentile

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