#VU72634 Resource exhaustion in Redis - CVE-2022-36021
Published: February 28, 2023 / Updated: March 1, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72634
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36021
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Redis
Redis
Software vendor:
Redis Labs
Redis Labs
Description
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.