Input validation error in envoy - CVE-2024-53269
Published: December 19, 2024 / Updated: December 23, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101845
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53269
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Affected software:
envoy
envoy
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-53269
Install updates from vendor's website.