High severity · published Oct 4, 2021
CVE-2021-32628
Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk
7.5
CVSS
13.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. An integer overflow bug in the ziplist data structure used by all versions of Redis can be exploited to corrupt the heap and potentially result with remote code execution. The vulnerability involves modifying the default ziplist configuration parameters (hash-max-ziplist-entries, hash-max-ziplist-value, zset-max-ziplist-entries or zset-max-ziplist-value) to a very large value, and then constructing specially crafted commands to create very large ziplists. The problem is fixed in Redis versions 6.2.6, 6.0.16, 5.0.14. An additional workaround to mitigate the problem without patching the redis-server executable is to prevent users from modifying the above configuration parameters. This can be done using ACL to restrict unprivileged users from using the CONFIG SET command.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)13.5% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
Redis · Redis
5.0.0 before 5.0.14; 6.0.0 before 6.0.16; 6.2.0 before 6.2.6 · source: NVD
CO
Communications Operations Monitor · Oracle
4.3; 4.4; 5.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34; 35 · source: NVD
MS
Management Services For Element Software · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
MS
Management Services For Netapp Hci · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32628
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32628
Patch
https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/f6a40570fa63d5afdd596c78083d754081d80ae3
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-vw22-qm3h-49pr
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HTYQ5ZF37HNGTZWVNJD3VXP7I6MEEF42/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL5KXFN3ATM7IIM7Q4O4PWTSRGZ5744Z/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WR5WKJWXD4D6S3DJCZ56V74ESLTDQRAB/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-17
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