Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') Affecting cockpit-project/cockpit package, versions [,320)
Threat Intelligence
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- published8 Jul 2024
- disclosed3 Jul 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 3 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-6126 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade cockpit-project/cockpit to version 320 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') via the user_readenv option, allowing an authenticated user to kill any process.
Note: This is only exploitable if the user_readenv option is enabled, which is not the default setting in some systems and is considered unsafe.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling pam_env's user_readenv option in PAM config.