CVE-2024-6126

July 3, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

3.2
Low

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
cockpit

Weaknesses

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6126
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292897

Tags

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-400
2024-07-03
CVE-2024-6126

CVSS Score

3.2 / 10

CVSS Data

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: LOW
    • View Vector String

    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Date

  • Published: July 3, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
  • Last Modified: July 3, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

secalert@redhat.com

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