CVE-2020-16843

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductAmazon Firecracker
PublishedAug 4, 2020
First seenAug 4, 2020

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
amazon firecracker0.20.0, 0.21.0, 0.21.1—

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CVE-2020-16843 · Amazon Firecracker · Dark Radar