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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20291

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20291 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

A deadlock vulnerability was found in 'github.com/containers/storage' in versions before 1.28.1. When a container image is processed, each layer is unpacked using `tar`. If one of those layers is not a valid `tar` archive this causes an error leading to an unexpected situation where the code indefinitely waits for the tar unpacked stream, which never finishes. An attacker could use this vulnerability to craft a malicious image, which when downloaded and stored by an application using containers/storage, would then cause a deadlock leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13golang-github-containers-storage0, 0, 0
Debian:14golang-github-containers-storage0, 0, 0
Debian:12golang-github-containers-storage0, 0, 0
Debian:11golang-github-containers-storage1.36.0+ds1, 1.36.0+ds1, 1.36.0+ds1

Timeline

  • Apr 1, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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