SB2025012404 - Denial of service in cert-manager

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SB2025012404 - Denial of service in cert-manager

Published: January 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025012404
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12401)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when reading PEM data. A remote user who can modify PEM data that the cert-manager reads can force the application to use large amounts of CPU in the cert-manager controller pod and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References