Resource exhaustion in Consul and Consul Enterprise - CVE-2022-24687
Published: June 5, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76841
CSH Severity: Low
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-2022-24687
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. A remote user can register a specifically-defined service that can cause Consul servers to panic.
Affected software
Consul
Consul Enterprise
Gentoo Linux
IBM Edge Application Manager
app-admin/consul
Consul Enterprise
Gentoo Linux
IBM Edge Application Manager
app-admin/consul
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24687
Install updates from vendor's website.
Consul - addressed in versions 1.9.15, 1.10.8, 1.11.3
Consul Enterprise - addressed in versions 1.9.15, 1.10.8, 1.11.3
app-admin/consul - update to 1.9.17
Consul Enterprise - addressed in versions 1.9.15, 1.10.8, 1.11.3
app-admin/consul - update to 1.9.17