CVE-2020-8551, CVE-2020-8552: Kubernetes: Denial of service

                							

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CVE-2020-8551, CVE-2020-8552: Kubernetes: Denial of service

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From: Tim Allclair &lt;tallclair () google com&gt;

Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:37:19 -0700

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Hello Kubernetes Community,

Two security issues were discovered in Kubernetes that could lead to a
recoverable denial of service.

*CVE-2020-8551* affects the kubelet, and has been rated *Medium *(
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
&lt;https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L&gt;
).

*CVE-2020-8552* affects the API server, and has also been rated *Medium* (
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
&lt;https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L&gt;
).
&lt;https://github.com/kubernetes/security/blob/master/comms-temlpates/vulnerability-announcement-email.md#am-i-vulnerable&gt;Am
I vulnerable?
If an attacker can make an authorized resource request to an unpatched API
server (see below), then you may be vulnerable to CVE-2020-8552. If an
attacker can make an authorized request to an unpatched kubelet, then you
may be vulnerable to CVE-2020-8551.
&lt;https://github.com/kubernetes/security/blob/master/comms-temlpates/vulnerability-announcement-email.md#affected-versions&gt;Affected
Versions
CVE-2020-8551 affects:

   - kubelet v1.17.0 - v1.17.2
   - kubelet v1.16.0 - v1.16.6
   - kubelet v1.15.0 - v1.15.10\
   - *kubelets prior to v1.15.0 are unaffected*

CVE-2020-8552 affects:

   - kube-apiserver v1.17.0 - v1.17.2
   - kube-apiserver v1.16.0 - v1.16.6
   - kube-apiserver &lt; v1.15.10

&lt;https://github.com/kubernetes/security/blob/master/comms-temlpates/vulnerability-announcement-email.md#how-do-i-mitigate-this-vulnerability&gt;How
do I mitigate this vulnerability?

Prior to upgrading, these vulnerabilities can be mitigated by:

   - Preventing unauthenticated or unauthorized access to the affected
   components
   - The apiserver and kubelet should auto restart in the event of an OOM
   error

&lt;https://github.com/kubernetes/security/blob/master/comms-temlpates/vulnerability-announcement-email.md#fixed-versions&gt;Fixed
Versions
Both vulnerabilities are patched in kubernetes versions

   - v1.17.3
   - v1.16.7
   - v1.15.10

To upgrade, refer to the documentation:
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-management/#upgrading-a-cluster
&lt;https://github.com/kubernetes/security/blob/master/comms-temlpates/vulnerability-announcement-email.md#addiitonal-details&gt;Additional
Details

See the GitHub issues for more details:

CVE-2020-8551: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89377
CVE-2020-8552: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/89378

Thank You,

Tim Allclair on behalf of the Kubernetes Product Security Committee

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