CVE-2020-8552 (GCVE-0-2020-8552)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-27 14:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:03
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Title
Kubernetes API server denial of service
Summary
The Kubernetes API server component in versions prior to 1.15.9, 1.16.0-1.16.6, and 1.17.0-1.17.2 has been found to be vulnerable to a denial of service attack via successful API requests.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Uncontrolled Memory Allocation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kubernetes Kubernetes Affected: unspecified , < v1.17.3 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , < v1.16.7 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , < v1.15.10 (custom)
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Credits
Gus Lees (Amazon)
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