Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU93874

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: 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-2024-4438

CWE-ID: CWE-1395

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

etcd (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenStack

How to mitigate CVE-2024-4438

Install updates from vendor's website.

etcd (Red Hat package) - update to 3.4.26-8.el9ost
Red Hat OpenStack - update to 17.1

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