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CVE-2017-11468

docker-distribution: Does not properly restrict the amount of content accepted from a user

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 7, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

It was found that docker-distribution did not properly restrict memory allocation size for a registry instance through the manifest endpoint. An attacker could send a specially crafted request that would exhaust the memory of the docker-distribution service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling