CVE-2017-6198

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    CVE-2017-6198

    Published: 6 Feb 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Supervisor in Sandstorm doesn't set and enforce the resource limits of a process. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by launching a fork bomb in the sandbox, or by using a large amount of disk space.

    References: https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++#L824, https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -de824e86b13e1acc2129b80911520de6068ba2ea

    Affected versions

    v0.202

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High