SB2024121911 - Multiple DoS vulnerabilities in Envoy



SB2024121911 - Multiple DoS vulnerabilities in Envoy

Published: December 19, 2024 Updated: December 23, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024121911
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53270)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error during the H/2 upstream reset. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53271)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when handling HTTP/1.1 non-101 1xx responses. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.