Resource Exhaustion Affecting toolbox-tests package, versions <0:0.0.99.4-6.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.72% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-TOOLBOXTESTS-6061143
  • published 15 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 7 Nov 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 toolbox-tests to version 0:0.0.99.4-6.el9_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:6346.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream toolbox-tests package and not the toolbox-tests package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Parsing malicious or large YAML documents can consume excessive amounts of CPU or memory.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high