Denial of service in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-0711 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-835 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration haproxy (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop
EUVDB-ID: #VU61291
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0711
CWE-ID:
CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing HTTP responses containing the "Set-Cookie2" header. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform: 4.7.0 - 4.7.48
haproxy (Red Hat package): 2.0.19-2.el7 - 2.0.19-2.el8
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1336
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
