etcd denial of service vulnerability

Description

Etcd v3.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via function PageWriter.write in pagewriter.go

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2023-08-22 21:30:26 UTC
Updated
2024-03-21 17:58:18 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2023-08-23 13:25:22 UTC
NVD published
2023-08-22
Withdrawn
2023-10-09 21:46:43 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.46% 63.85%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.5 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Credits

  • reedloden (analyst)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go go.etcd.io/etcd/v3 < 3.5.5 3.5.5

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence