Security information¶
The MKE 3.6.19 patch release focuses exclusively on CVE mitigation. To this end, the following middleware component versions have been upgraded to resolve vulnerabilities in MKE:
[MKE-11824] etcd 3.5.15
The following table details the specific CVEs addressed, including which images are affected per CVE.
CVE |
Status |
Image mitigated |
Problem details from upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
Resolved |
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An attacker may cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data by sending an excessive number of CONTINUATION frames. Maintaining HPACK state requires parsing and processing all HEADERS and CONTINUATION frames on a connection. When a request’s headers exceed MaxHeaderBytes, no memory is allocated to store the excess headers, but they are still parsed. This permits an attacker to cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data, all associated with a request which is going to be rejected. These headers can include Huffman-encoded data which is significantly more expensive for the receiver to decode than for an attacker to send. The fix sets a limit on the amount of excess header frames we will process before closing a connection. |