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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade redis-docUpgrade redisUpgrade redis-devel | May 4, 2022 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade redis | Mar 26, 2024 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade redis-develUpgrade redis-docUpgrade redisUpgrade redis-debuginfo | Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade redis-debugsourceUpgrade redis-develUpgrade redisUpgrade redis-debuginfoUpgrade redis-doc | Oct 20, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade redis | Nov 29, 2021 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade redis5Upgrade redis6Upgrade redis-develUpgrade redis | Nov 4, 2022 | Oct 5, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-db/redis. | Sep 30, 2022 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade redis-docUpgrade redis-develUpgrade redis | Oct 20, 2021 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade redis-debugsourceUpgrade redisUpgrade redis-debuginfoUpgrade redis-develUpgrade redis-doc | Oct 20, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 |
| Redislabs Redis | — | Upgrade RedisLabs Redis to version 5.0.14Upgrade RedisLabs Redis to version 6.2.6Upgrade RedisLabs Redis to version 6.0.16 | Oct 17, 2025 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade redis-debuginfoUpgrade redisUpgrade redis-develUpgrade redis-debugsource | Mar 12, 2024 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade redis | Nov 24, 2021 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade redis-server (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade redis (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade redis-tools (Ubuntu Pro) | Mar 22, 2023 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Oct 4, 2021 |
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