Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6198
CVE-2017-6198
Description
The Supervisor in Sandstorm doesn't set and enforce the resource limits of a process. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by launching a fork bomb in the sandbox, or by using a large amount of disk space.
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Affected products
2v0.101, v0.102, v0.103, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: v0.101, v0.102, v0.103, …
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++nvdVendor Advisory
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