Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-rt-debug-kvm package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.43.1.rt7.200.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTDEBUGKVM-6158769
  • published16 Jan 2024
  • disclosed21 Dec 2022

Introduced: 21 Dec 2022

CVE-2023-0056  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-rt-debug-kvm to version 0:4.18.0-372.43.1.rt7.200.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0727.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-debug-kvm package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was discovered in HAProxy which could crash the service. This issue could allow an authenticated remote attacker to run a specially crafted malicious server in an OpenShift cluster. The biggest impact is to availability.

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