CVE-2024-24784 Affecting containers-common package, versions <2:1-82.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90412+9b361f34


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-CONTAINERSCOMMON-7687204
  • published 15 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 5 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 containers-common to version 2:1-82.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90412+9b361f34 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-6969.

NVD Description

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

The ParseAddressList function incorrectly handles comments (text within parentheses) within display names. Since this is a misalignment with conforming address parsers, it can result in different trust decisions being made by programs using different parsers.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

5.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

7.5 high