Red Hat OpenStack Platform etcd Package resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat OpenStack Platform. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component etcd Package. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-4437. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat OpenStack Platform (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component etcd Package. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The etcd package distributed with the Red Hat OpenStack platform has an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-44716. This issue occurs because the etcd package in the Red Hat OpenStack platform is using http://golang.org/x/net/http2 instead of the one provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions, meaning it should be updated at compile time instead.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-4437 since 05/02/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/08/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Cloud Software

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• Red Hat

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• OpenStack Platform

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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