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CVE-2021-32783 Detail

Description

Contour is a Kubernetes ingress controller using Envoy proxy. In Contour before version 1.17.1 a specially crafted ExternalName type Service may be used to access Envoy's admin interface, which Contour normally prevents from access outside the Envoy container. This can be used to shut down Envoy remotely (a denial of service), or to expose the existence of any Secret that Envoy is using for its configuration, including most notably TLS Keypairs. However, it *cannot* be used to get the *content* of those secrets. Since this attack allows access to the administration interface, a variety of administration options are available, such as shutting down the Envoy or draining traffic. In general, the Envoy admin interface cannot easily be used for making changes to the cluster, in-flight requests, or backend services, but it could be used to shut down or drain Envoy, change traffic routing, or to retrieve secret metadata, as mentioned above. The issue will be addressed in Contour v1.18.0 and a cherry-picked patch release, v1.17.1, has been released to cover users who cannot upgrade at this time. For more details refer to the linked GitHub Security Advisory.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/commit/b53a5c4fd927f4ea2c6cf02f1359d8e28bef852e Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/commit/b53a5c4fd927f4ea2c6cf02f1359d8e28bef852e Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/releases/tag/v1.17.1 Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/releases/tag/v1.17.1 Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/security/advisories/GHSA-5ph6-qq5x-7jwc Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/security/advisories/GHSA-5ph6-qq5x-7jwc Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-441 Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-32783
NVD Published Date:
07/23/2021
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.