CVE-2017-6198 (GCVE-0-2017-6198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-06 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:25
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Summary
The Supervisor in Sandstorm doesn't set and enforce the resource limits of a process. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by launching a fork bomb in the sandbox, or by using a large amount of disk space.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-01-26 00:00
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