Integer overflow in Redis - CVE-2018-11219
Published: June 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13381
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11219
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the struct library in the Lua subsystem. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
Redis
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
redis (Alpine package)
openSUSE Leap
rh-redis32-redis (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenStack
Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power
Red Hat OpenStack Director Deployment Tools
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
redis (Alpine package)
openSUSE Leap
rh-redis32-redis (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenStack
Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power
Red Hat OpenStack Director Deployment Tools
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11219
Update to version 3.2.12, 4.0.10, 5.0 RC2.
redis (Alpine package) - update to 3.2.12-r0
rh-redis32-redis (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.2.13-1.el6, 3.2.13-1.el7
rh-redis32-redis (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.2.13-1.el6, 3.2.13-1.el7