CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8569

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 21, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
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Kubernetes CSI snapshot-controller prior to v2.1.3 and v3.0.2 could panic when processing a VolumeSnapshot custom resource when: - The VolumeSnapshot referenced a non-existing PersistentVolumeClaim and the VolumeSnapshot did not reference any VolumeSnapshotClass. - The snapshot-controller crashes, is automatically restarted by Kubernetes, and processes the same VolumeSnapshot custom resource after the restart, entering an endless crashloop. Only the volume snapshot feature is affected by this vulnerability. When exploited, users can’t take snapshots of their volumes or delete the snapshots. All other Kubernetes functionality is not affected.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Container_storage_interface_snapshotterKubernetes2.1.0 (including)2.1.3 (excluding)
Container_storage_interface_snapshotterKubernetes3.0.0 (including)3.0.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

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