Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) Affecting servicemesh-proxy package, versions <0:2.1.3-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SERVICEMESHPROXY-4398635
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed9 Jun 2022

Introduced: 9 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-29225  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-409  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 servicemesh-proxy to version 0:2.1.3-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5004.

NVD Description

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

Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance proxy. In versions prior to 1.22.1 secompressors accumulate decompressed data into an intermediate buffer before overwriting the body in the decode/encodeBody. This may allow an attacker to zip bomb the decompressor by sending a small highly compressed payload. Maliciously constructed zip files may exhaust system memory and cause a denial of service. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may consider disabling decompression.

CVSS Scores

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