Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 4, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-16843
CVE-2020-16843
Description
In Firecracker 0.20.x before 0.20.1 and 0.21.x before 0.21.2, the network stack can freeze under heavy ingress traffic. This can result in a denial of service on the microVM when it is configured with a single network interface, and an availability problem for the microVM network interface on which the issue is triggered.
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Affected products
2- Firecracker/Firecrackerdescription
- Range: >= 0.20.0, < 0.20.1 || >= 0.21.0, < 0.21.2
Patches
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References
3- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1mitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/2057mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1mitrex_refsource_MISC
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