Clarify Content-Type handling
### Impact In the OCI Distribution Specification version 1.0.0 and prior, the Content-Type header alone was used to determine the type of document during push and pull operations. Documents that contain both “manifests” and “layers” fields could be interpreted as either a manifest or an index in the absence of an accompanying Content-Type header. If a Content-Type header changed between two pulls of the same digest, a client may interpret the resulting content differently. ### Patches The OCI Distribution Specification will be updated to require that a `mediaType` value present in a manifest or index match the Content-Type header used during the push and pull operations. ### Workarounds Clients pulling from a registry may distrust the Content-Type header and reject an ambiguous document that contains both “manifests” and “layers” fields or “manifests” and “config” fields. ### References https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/security/advisories/GHSA-77vh-xpmg-72qh ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/ * Email us at security@opencontainers.org
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-41190US | medium5.0 | — | ||
The OCI Distribution Spec project defines an API protocol to facilitate and standardize the distribution of content. In the OCI Distribution Specification version 1.0.0 and prior,… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/19/10WEB
- https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-specPACKAGE
- https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/commit/ac28cac0557bcd3084714ab09f9f2356fe504923WEB
- https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/security/advisories/GHSA-mc8v-mgrf-8f4mWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TUZNDAH2B26VPBK342UC3BHZNLBUXGXWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4334HT7AZPLWNYHW4ARU6JBUF3VZJPZNWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A2RRFNTMFYKOTRKD37F5ANMCIO3GGJMLWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DX63GRWFEI5RVMYV6XLMCG4OHPWZML27WEB
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