Resource Exhaustion Affecting ignition package, versions <0:2.18.0-2.1.rhaos4.16.el9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-IGNITION-7412195
  • published28 Jun 2024
  • disclosed9 Mar 2024

Introduced: 9 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-28176  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 ignition to version 0:2.18.0-2.1.rhaos4.16.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0045.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ignition package and not the ignition package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

jose is JavaScript module for JSON Object Signing and Encryption, providing support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT), JSON Web Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), JSON Web Key (JWK), JSON Web Key Set (JWKS), and more. A vulnerability has been identified in the JSON Web Encryption (JWE) decryption interfaces, specifically related to the support for decompressing plaintext after its decryption. Under certain conditions it is possible to have the user's environment consume unreasonable amount of CPU time or memory during JWE Decryption operations. This issue has been patched in versions 2.0.7 and 4.15.5.

CVSS Scores

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