Medium severity · published May 15, 2024
CVE-2023-7258
A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as…
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as root and with permission to mount volumes to kill the sandbox. We recommend upgrading past commit 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GV
Gvisor · Google
before 20231204.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7258
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7258
Patch
https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6
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