CVE - CVE-2020-16843

CVE-ID
CVE-2020-16843	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1 MISC:https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/2057 URL:https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/2057 MLIST:[oss-security] 20200813 CVE-2020-16843: Firecracker v0.20.0, v0.21.0 and v0.21.1 network stack can freeze under heavy ingress traffic URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20200804	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20200804)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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