Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting openwsman-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.6.5-7.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
15.24% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-OPENWSMANDEBUGINFO-3219557
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed14 Mar 2019

Introduced: 14 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-3833  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 openwsman-debuginfo to version 0:2.6.5-7.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2020:4689.

NVD Description

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

Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to infinite loop in process_connection() when parsing specially crafted HTTP requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious HTTP request to cause denial of service to openwsman server.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1