Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-6198
The Supervisor in Sandstorm doesn't set and enforce the resource limits of a process. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by launching a fork bomb in the sandbox, or by using a large amount of disk space.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2017-6198
- cpe:2.3:a:sandstorm:sandstorm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-6198
0.14%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 50 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-6198
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
8.0
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6.9
|
NIST | |
6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
|
3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-6198
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The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2017-6198
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https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/
Sandstorm Security Review | DEVCOREExploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++#L824
sandstorm/supervisor.c++ at v0.202 · sandstorm-io/sandstorm · GitHubVendor Advisory
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