CVE-2021-20291

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).
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 30%
VendorProductVersion
storage_projectstorage
𝑥
< 1.28.1
redhatopenshift_container_platform
4.0
redhatenterprise_linux
8.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
golang-github-containers-storage
bullseye
no-dsa
bookworm
1.43.0+ds1-8
fixed
sid
1.55.1+ds1-1
fixed
trixie
1.55.1+ds1-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
golang-github-containers-storage
noble
needs-triage
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
needs-triage
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne