Resource Exhaustion Affecting conmon package, versions <2:2.1.4-2.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.72% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-CONMON-3244712
  • published 23 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 29 Aug 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 conmon to version 2:2.1.4-2.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream conmon package and not the conmon package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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