CVE-2020-8557
Published: 23 July 2020
The Kubernetes kubelet component in versions 1.1-1.16.12, 1.17.0-1.17.8 and 1.18.0-1.18.5 do not account for disk usage by a pod which writes to its own /etc/hosts file. The /etc/hosts file mounted in a pod by kubelet is not included by the kubelet eviction manager when calculating ephemeral storage usage by a pod. If a pod writes a large amount of data to the /etc/hosts file, it could fill the storage space of the node and cause the node to fail.
Notes
Author | Note |
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leosilva | kubernates is in fact a kubernetes installer that calls snap, not the package it self. |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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kubernetes Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
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focal |
Needs triage
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groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
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hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
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impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
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jammy |
Needs triage
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kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
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lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
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mantic |
Needs triage
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trusty |
Does not exist
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upstream |
Needs triage
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xenial |
Does not exist
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Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 5.5 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |