CVE-2021-41190
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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, 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. The OCI Distribution Specification has been 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. 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 if they are unable to update to version 1.0.1 of the spec.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3–5
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affected products (31)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-0510IBM DB2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM DB2 ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen, willkürlichen Code mit erhöhten Rechten auszuführen, Informationen falsch darzustellen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-1002Amazon Linux 2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-12-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Amazon Linux 2 ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder falsche Informationen darzustellen.
- GHSA-mc8v-mgrf-8f4mClarify Content-Type handling2021-11-18ghsa · osvUS
### 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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references (54)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/19/10cnnvd
- https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/commit/ac28cac0557bcd3084714ab09f9f2356fe504923cnnvd
- https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/security/advisories/GHSA-mc8v-mgrf-8f4mcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TUZNDAH2B26VPBK342UC3BHZNLBUXGX/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4334HT7AZPLWNYHW4ARU6JBUF3VZJPZN/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A2RRFNTMFYKOTRKD37F5ANMCIO3GGJML/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DX63GRWFEI5RVMYV6XLMCG4OHPWZML27/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZTO6N55WHKHIZI4IMLY2QFBPMVTAERM/cnnvd
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