Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-41786.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-41786
Upstream
Published
2022-10-14T15:15:17Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:14:24.727905Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2022-2879 affecting package libcontainers-common for versions less than 20240213-2
Details

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / libcontainers-common

Package

Name
libcontainers-common
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/libcontainers-common

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20240213-2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-41786.json"