CVE-2024-6126
Cockpit: authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option
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Cockpit: authenticated user can kill any process when enabling pam_env's user_readenv option
| Assigner | redhat |
| Reserved | 2024-06-18 |
| Published | 2024-07-03 |
| Updated | 2024-09-17 |
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.
| CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
| 2024-06-18: | Reported to Red Hat. |
| 2024-07-03: | Made public. |
Red Hat would like to thank Paolo Perego (OpenSUSE) for reporting this issue.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6126
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292897 (RHBZ#2292897)
