CVE-2021-41099 Integer overflow issue with strings in Redis

2021-10-0418:05:11

CWE-190

CWE-680

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cve-2021-41099

redis

heap corruption

denial of service

remote code execution

integer overflow

network payloads

configuration parameter

acl

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.009

Percentile

82.6%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "redis",
    "vendor": "redis",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 5.0.14"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 6.0.0, < 6.0.16"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 6.2.0, 6.2.6"
      }
    ]
  }
]