Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libwsman-devel package, versions <0:2.6.3-7.git4391e5c.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
15.24% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBWSMANDEVEL-8014516
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed12 Mar 2019

Introduced: 12 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-3833  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libwsman-devel to version 0:2.6.3-7.git4391e5c.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3940.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libwsman-devel package and not the libwsman-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to infinite loop in process_connection() when parsing specially crafted HTTP requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious HTTP request to cause denial of service to openwsman server.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1