Resource Exhaustion Affecting cockpit-doc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-COCKPITDOC-7421657
  • published 4 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 3 Jul 2024

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 cockpit-doc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cockpit-doc package and not the cockpit-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

3.2 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low