CVE-2017-11468
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.34%Uncontrolled resource allocation in github.com/docker/distribution
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Docker Registry before 2.6.2 in Docker Distribution does not properly restrict the amount of content accepted from a user, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via the manifest endpoint.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/docker-registryfrom 0, < 2.6.2~ds1-1
- Go/github.com/docker/distributionfrom 0, < 2.7.0-rc.0
- Go/github.com/docker/distributionfrom 0, < 2.7.0-rc.0+incompatible
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11468
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11468
- PATCHhttps://github.com/distribution/distribution
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00047.html
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2603
- WEBhttps://github.com/distribution/distribution/commit/91c507a39abfce14b5c8541cf284330e22208c0f
- WEBhttps://github.com/distribution/distribution/pull/2340
- WEBhttps://github.com/docker/distribution/pull/2340
- WEBhttps://github.com/docker/distribution/releases/tag/v2.6.2
- WEBhttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0072