Resource Exhaustion Affecting conmon package, versions <3:2.1.8-1.module+el8.9.0+90021+ce997450


Severity

medium

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.52% (77th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-CONMON-6081181
  • published 23 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 27 Dec 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 conmon to version 3:2.1.8-1.module+el8.9.0+90021+ce997450 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-6939.

NVD Description

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

Snyk

7.5 medium
  • 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
Expand this section

NVD

7.5 high
Expand this section

Red Hat

7.5 high