Heap-based buffer overflow in Redis - CVE-2019-10192
Published: July 14, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19167
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10192
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Salvatore Sanfilippo
Affected software:
Redis
Redis
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10192
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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