In Firecracker 0.20.x before 0.20.1 and 0.21.x before 0.21.2, the network stack can freeze under heavy ingress traffic. This can result in a denial of service on the microVM when it is configured with a single network interface, and an availability problem for the microVM network interface on which the issue is triggered.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8804 In Firecracker 0.20.x before 0.20.1 and 0.21.x before 0.21.2, the network stack can freeze under heavy ingress traffic. This can result in a denial of service on the microVM when it is configured with a single network interface, and an availability problem for the microVM network interface on which the issue is triggered.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:33.240Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-16843

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-04T20:15:12.430

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:15.010

Link: CVE-2020-16843

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