Cockpit Package Vulnerability Leads to Denial of Service Attack

CVE-2024-6126
3.2LOW

Key Information

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 July 2024

Summary

A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.2
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Risk change from: null to: 3.2 - (LOW)

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

  • Reported to Red Hat.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Red Hat would like to thank Paolo Perego (OpenSUSE) for reporting this issue.
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