Resource Exhaustion Affecting container-tools:rhel8/oci-seccomp-bpf-hook package, versions <0:1.2.9-1.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.42% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CONTAINERTOOLS-8156267
  • published2 Oct 2024
  • disclosed17 Feb 2023

Introduced: 17 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-41723  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 container-tools:rhel8/oci-seccomp-bpf-hook to version 0:1.2.9-1.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6939.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream container-tools:rhel8/oci-seccomp-bpf-hook package and not the container-tools:rhel8/oci-seccomp-bpf-hook package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A maliciously crafted HTTP/2 stream could cause excessive CPU consumption in the HPACK decoder, sufficient to cause a denial of service from a small number of small requests.

CVSS Scores

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