Dependency on vulnerable third-party component in etcd (Red Hat package) - CVE-2024-4438

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Dependency on vulnerable third-party component in etcd (Red Hat package) - CVE-2024-4438

Published: July 9, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93874
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4438
CWE-ID: CWE-1395
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
etcd (Red Hat package)

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to the etcd package from Red hat uses a vulnerable version of Go /x/net/http2 instead of the one provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions. A remote attacker cab perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-4438

Install updates from vendor's website.

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