High severity · published Oct 4, 2021
CVE-2021-41099
Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk
7.5
CVSS
3.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. An integer overflow bug in the underlying string library can be used to corrupt the heap and potentially result with denial of service or remote code execution. The vulnerability involves changing the default proto-max-bulk-len configuration parameter to a very large value and constructing specially crafted network payloads or commands. The problem is fixed in Redis versions 6.2.6, 6.0.16 and 5.0.14. An additional workaround to mitigate the problem without patching the redis-server executable is to prevent users from modifying the proto-max-bulk-len configuration parameter. 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)3.6% · higher than 90% 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 And Netapp Hci · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41099
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41099
Patch
https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/c6ad876774f3cc11e32681ea02a2eead00f2c521
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/redis/redis/security/advisories/GHSA-j3cr-9h5g-6cph
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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