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CVE-2023-7258

A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as root and with permission to mount volumes to kill the sandbox.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as root and with permission to mount volumes to kill the sandbox. We recommend upgrading past commit 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.17% probability · 6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
google/gvisor
Source
cve-coordination@google.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.