CVE-2013-0163 Denial of service in OpenShift haproxy cartridge

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in OpenShift haproxy cartridge by exploiting predictable temporary file paths in the connection hook.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-0163?

CVE-2013-0163 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Openshift, published on 5 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenShift haproxy cartridge: predictable /tmp in set-proxy connection hook which could facilitate DoS

Weakness: CWE-668

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0163?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Openshift.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-0163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-0163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Openshift vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vmj2-j72r-pg54.

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