vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-36021: Medium priority package update for redis6

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 28, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 7, 2025

Description

Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. Authenticated users can use string matching commands (like `SCAN` or `KEYS`) with a specially crafted pattern to trigger a denial-of-service attack on Redis, causing it to hang and consume 100% CPU time. The problem is fixed in Redis versions 6.0.18, 6.2.11, 7.0.9.
A vulnerability was found in Redis. This flaw allows an authenticated to use string matching commands (like SCAN or KEYS) with a specially crafted pattern to trigger a denial of service attack on Redis, causing it to hang and consume 100% of CPU time.

Solutions

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