CVE-2016-3091 Diego log encoding vulnerability
Severity
High
Vendor
Cloud Foundry Foundation
Versions Affected
- Diego-release versions 0.1468.0 through 0.1470.0
Description
Due to how Diego handles breaking up large log streams on UTF-8 boundaries, it is possible to cause a denial of service on a Cloud Foundry installation with an app outputting malformed UTF-8 sequences.
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is high unless otherwise noted.
- Diego-release versions 0.1468.0 through 0.1470.0
- The Pivotal Cloud Foundry Elastic Runtime Tile is not affected by this vulnerability
- No other Pivotal Cloud Foundry products are affected by this vulnerability
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:
- The Cloud Foundry project recommends that Cloud Foundry Deployments running Diego versions 0.1468.0 through 0.1470.0 upgrade to Diego version 0.1471.0
- No mitigation is needed for Pivotal Cloud Foundry products
Credit
This issue was identified by a Pivotal team and reported responsibly to the Cloud Foundry Foundation.