Resource exhaustion in quic-go - CVE-2024-22189

Vulnerability identifier: #VU88883

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22189

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing a large number of NEW_CONNECTION_ID frames that retire old connection IDs. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

quic-go
Fedora
automation-eda-controller (Red Hat package)
receptor (Red Hat package)
syncthing
python3.11-django-ansible-base (Red Hat package)
automation-gateway (Red Hat package)
ansible-automation-platform-installer (Red Hat package)
caddy
automation-controller (Red Hat package)
automation-hub (Red Hat package)
python3.11-galaxy-ng (Red Hat package)
Migration Toolkit for Containers
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Ansible Automation Platform

Install updates from vendor's website.

quic-go - update to 0.42.0
automation-eda-controller (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.1.2-1.el8ap, 1.1.2-1.el9ap
receptor (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.4.9-2.el8ap, 1.4.9-2.el9ap
Migration Toolkit for Containers - update to 1.8.5
syncthing - update to 1.27.7-1.el8
Ansible Automation Platform - update to 2.5
python3.11-django-ansible-base (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.5.3-1.el8ap, 2.5.3-1.el9ap
automation-gateway (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.5.3-1.el8ap, 2.5.3-1.el9ap
ansible-automation-platform-installer (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.5-4.el8ap, 2.5-4.el9ap
caddy - update to 2.8.4-1.fc41
automation-controller (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.6.2-1.el8ap, 4.6.2-1.el9ap
automation-hub (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.10.1-1.el8ap, 4.10.1-1.el9ap
python3.11-galaxy-ng (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.10.1-1.el8ap, 4.10.1-1.el9ap
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.16.0

• https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-c33x-xqrf-c478
• https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/4a99b816ae3ab03ae5449d15aac45147c85ed47a
• https://seemann.io/posts/2024-03-19-exploiting-quics-connection-id-management
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqXtYcZAtIA&t=3683s

• Denial of service in QUIC protocol for Go
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for syncthing
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
• Fedora 41 update for caddy
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 packages
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Migration Toolkit for Containers 1.8