CVE-2016-8579 Denial of Service in docker2aci
An attacker can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in docker2aci by providing local images with cyclic dependencies.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-8579?
CVE-2016-8579 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
docker2aci <= 0.12.3 has an infinite loop when handling local images with cyclic dependency chain.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8579?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/appc/docker2aci. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/appc/docker2aci Go | All versions | 0.13.0 |
github.com/appc/docker2aci Go | All versions | 0.13.0 |
github.com/appc/docker2aci Go | All versions | 0.13.0 |
Products include Docker2aci Project Docker2aci.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8579?
Upgrade github.com/appc/docker2aci to 0.13.0 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-8579 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8579 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8579, GHSA-gfh2-7jg5-653p, GO-2022-0833, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8579.