CVE-2024-6126

LOW

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2024-07-03 secalert@redhat.com

Denial Of Service

3.2

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat

Severity by source

Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY

3.2 LOW

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

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jul 03, 2024 - 15:15 cve.org

LOW 3.2

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

A flaw was found in the cockpit package. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. 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.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.