Amazon AWS Firecracker up to 0.21.2/0.22.0 Serial Console memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Amazon AWS Firecracker up to 0.21.2/0.22.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Serial Console. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-27174. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Amazon AWS Firecracker up to 0.21.2/0.22.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Serial Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was presented 10/16/2020. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-27174. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.21.3 or 0.22.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AWS Firecracker 0.21.3/0.22.1

Timelineinfo

10/16/2020 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-27174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-27174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-162763

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2020 13:24
Updated: 11/20/2020 14:39
Changes: 10/16/2020 13:24 (38), 11/19/2020 08:06 (4), 11/20/2020 14:34 (2), 11/20/2020 14:39 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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