Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package buildah (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published11 Mar 2025
- disclosed5 Mar 2024
Introduced: 5 Mar 2024
CVE-2024-24786 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream buildah package and not the buildah package as distributed by RHEL.
The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24786
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/4
- https://go.dev/cl/569356
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDMBHAVSDU2FBDZ45U3A2VLSM35OJ2HU/
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2611
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0002/