Heap-based buffer overflow in Redis - CVE-2019-10192
Published: July 14, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19167
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10192
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing Redis hyperloglog data structure. A remote attacker can carefully corrupt hyperloglog using the SETRANGE command, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Redis
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
redis (Debian package)
redis (Alpine package)
rh-redis32-redis (Red Hat package)
rh-redis5-redis (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenStack
Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power
Red Hat OpenStack Director Deployment Tools
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
redis (Debian package)
redis (Alpine package)
rh-redis32-redis (Red Hat package)
rh-redis5-redis (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenStack
Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power
Red Hat OpenStack Director Deployment Tools
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10192
Install updates from vendor's website.
Redis - addressed in versions 3.2.13, 4.0.14, 5.0.4
redis (Debian package) - update to 3:3.2.6-3+deb9u3
redis (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.14-r0
rh-redis32-redis (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.2.13-1.el6, 3.2.13-1.el7
rh-redis5-redis (Red Hat package) - update to 5.0.5-1.el7
redis (Debian package) - update to 3:3.2.6-3+deb9u3
redis (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.14-r0
rh-redis32-redis (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.2.13-1.el6, 3.2.13-1.el7
rh-redis5-redis (Red Hat package) - update to 5.0.5-1.el7
External References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10192
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/3.2/00-RELEASENOTES
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/4.0/00-RELEASENOTES
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/5.0/00-RELEASENOTES
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/19
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Redis
- Debian update for redis
- Red Hat update for 5
- Red Hat update for redis
- Red Hat update for redis
- Gentoo update for Redis
- Red Hat update for redis
- Red Hat update for redis
- Red Hat update for redis
- Heap-based buffer overflow in redis (Alpine package)
- Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-redis5-redis
- Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-redis32-redis