SB2024111217 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for toolbox
Published: November 12, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45290)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists in net/http due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing a multipart form (either explicitly with Request.ParseMultipartForm or implicitly with Request.FormValue, Request.PostFormValue, or Request.FormFile). A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24785)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in html/template when parsing errors returned from MarshalJSON methods. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
3) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24788)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing DNS responses. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DNS response to the application and cause denial of service conditions.
4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24791)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of "Expect: 100-continue" HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send multiple such requests and consume all available resources.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.