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Red Hat: CVE-2024-6126: cockpit: Authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-6126: cockpit: Authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/03/2024
Created
11/14/2024
Added
11/13/2024
Modified
11/13/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-bridge
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-packagekit
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-pcp
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-storaged
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-system
  • redhat-upgrade-cockpit-ws

References

  • CVE-2024-6126
  • RHSA-2024:9325

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