CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14388

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

GrootFS versions prior to 0.30.0 do not validate DiffIDs, allowing specially crafted images to poison the grootfs volume cache. An attacker could provide an image layer that GrootFS would consider to be the Ubuntu base layer.

Risk Assessment

The lack of DiffID validation poses a risk that malicious images could be used to manipulate cached data, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade GrootFS to version 0.30.0 or later to ensure proper DiffID validation and minimize the risk of attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Cloud Foundry Foundation GrootFS release 0.3.x versions prior to 0.30.0 do not validate DiffIDs, allowing specially crafted images to poison the grootfs volume cache. For example, this could allow an attacker to provide an image layer that GrootFS would consider to be the Ubuntu base layer.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS