Input validation error in envoy - CVE-2024-53269
Published: December 19, 2024 / Updated: December 23, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101845
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53269
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling additional IP addresses within the Happy Eyeballs sorting algorithm implementation. A remote user can pass a string that is not an IP address and crash the server.
Affected software
envoy
Istio
Istio
How to mitigate CVE-2024-53269
Install updates from vendor's website.
envoy - addressed in versions 1.30.8, 1.31.4, 1.32.2
Istio - addressed in versions 1.22.7, 1.23.4, 1.24.2
Istio - addressed in versions 1.22.7, 1.23.4, 1.24.2