CVE-2017-6198

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-6198

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-02-06T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2018-03-13T19:25:52

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-400	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:sandstorm:sandstorm::::::::	1	OR		0.203

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++#L824	Vendor Advisory
https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6198
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6198

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:47:29				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:47:59	2018-02-06T16:29Z	2018-02-06T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 01:47:59		2018-03-13T19:25:52	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 01:47:59		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated