Resource exhaustion in Redis - CVE-2022-36021

 

Resource exhaustion in Redis - CVE-2022-36021

Published: February 28, 2023 / Updated: March 1, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72634
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36021
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when matching commands (like SCAN or KEYS) with a specially crafted pattern. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Redis
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Server Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
SmartFabric Storage Software
redis-tools (Ubuntu package)
redis-server (Ubuntu package)
redis-debugsource
redis-debuginfo
redis
redis6
redis-doc
redis-devel
redis7
redis7-debugsource
redis7-debuginfo
dev-db/redis
EasyApache
SmartFabric OS10
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

How to mitigate CVE-2022-36021

Install updates from vendor's website.

Redis - addressed in versions 6.0.18, 6.2.11, 7.0.9
SmartFabric Storage Software - update to 1.4.3
redis-tools (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
redis-server (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
redis-debugsource - update to 4.0.11-17
redis-debuginfo - update to 4.0.11-17
redis - update to 4.0.11-17
EasyApache - update to 4 2024-1-24
redis-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.0.14-150200.6.20.1, 6.2.6-150400.3.16.1, 6.2.6-150400.3.19.1
redis - addressed in versions 6.0.14-150200.6.20.1, 6.2.6-150400.3.16.1, 6.2.6-150400.3.19.1
redis-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.0.14-150200.6.20.1, 6.2.6-150400.3.16.1, 6.2.6-150400.3.19.1
redis6 - update to 6.2.11-1
redis - addressed in versions 6.2.11-1.fc36, 7.0.9-1.fc37, 7.0.9-1.fc38
redis-doc - update to 6.2.17-1.0.1
redis-devel - update to 6.2.17-1.0.1
redis - update to 6.2.17-1.0.1
redis7 - update to 7.0.8-150500.3.3.1
redis7-debugsource - update to 7.0.8-150500.3.3.1
redis7-debuginfo - update to 7.0.8-150500.3.3.1
dev-db/redis - update to 7.2.4
SmartFabric OS10 - addressed in versions 10.5.4.15, 10.5.5.14, 10.5.6.9
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 21.0.7.12, 23.0.12

External References

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