VDB
RHSA-2020%3A3580
RHSA-2020%3A3580
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
A flaw was found in Kubernetes, where the amount of disk space the /etc/hosts file can use is unconstrained . This flaw can allow attacker-controlled pods to cause a denial of service if they have permission to write to the node's /etc/hosts file.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | openshift4/ose-hyperkube@sha256:506ed9928ad388879b3eb077ba9d738aa17f8e574b9274f7d4aff1fa97225b0d_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 | openshift4/ose-hyperkube@sha256:506ed9928ad388879b3eb077ba9d738aa17f8e574b9274f7d4aff1fa97225b0d_ppc64le |
| Red Hat | openshift4/ose-hyperkube@sha256:ebbc8bbb5beb73a73b46f4a9c7a83eb2e25142c2fd08b7481b79013ebfec0052_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 | openshift4/ose-hyperkube@sha256:ebbc8bbb5beb73a73b46f4a9c7a83eb2e25142c2fd08b7481b79013ebfec0052_amd64 |
| Red Hat | openshift4/ose-hyperkube@sha256:7c085a5778b2abbfba07bd68abc925ec3618ee8d5b9c58acd243c31e507853e9_s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 | openshift4/ose-hyperkube@sha256:7c085a5778b2abbfba07bd68abc925ec3618ee8d5b9c58acd243c31e507853e9_s390x |
Timeline
- Sep 1, 2020 CVE Published
- Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
- May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
- May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3580 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1835977 issue
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_3580.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8557 advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8557 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8557 advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/cB_JUsYEKyY advisory