OpenShift Container Platform release 4.13 update for golang

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU72686

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-2022-41723

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the HPACK decoder. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/2 stream to the application, cause resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

podman (Red Hat package): before 4.4.1-6.1.1.rhaos4.13.el9

crun (Red Hat package): before 1.14-1.rhaos4.13.el9

cri-o (Red Hat package): before 1.26.5-6.rhaos4.13.gitd0a27f5.el9

kernel-rt (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.54.1.rt14.339.el9_2

kernel (Red Hat package): before 5.14.0-284.54.1.el9_2

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0948

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.