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CVE-2019-11253: PKS is vulnerable to a YAML/JSON parsing "Billion Laughs" Attack

Severity

High

Vendor

Pivotal

Description

Pivotal Container Service, 1.5 versions prior to 1.5.2, contains a vulnerable version of the Kubernetes API server, which allows authorized users to send malicious YAML or JSON payloads, causing the API server to consume excessive CPU or memory, potentially crashing and becoming unavailable.

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is high unless otherwise noted.

• Pivotal Container Service (PKS)
  • 1.5 versions prior to 1.5.2

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Pivotal Container Service (PKS)
  • 1.5.2

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11253

History

2020-03-03: Initial vulnerability report published.