Multiple vulnerabilities in nomad

Published: 2021-12-16 | Updated: 2022-02-22

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-44716 CVE-2021-44717
CWE-ID	CWE-20 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Nomad Server applications / Virtualization software
Vendor	HashiCorp

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU58824

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44716

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Nomad: 1.0.0 - 1.2.2

External links

http://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/releases/tag/v1.2.3
http://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/releases/tag/v1.0.15
http://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/releases/tag/v1.1.9

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU59042