SB2024121913 - Istio update for Envoy
Published: December 19, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53269)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling additional IP addresses within the Happy Eyeballs sorting algorithm implementation. A remote user can pass a string that is not an IP address and crash the server.
2) 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.
3) 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.