CVE-2024-12698 Ose-olm-catalogd-container: incomplete fix for rapid reset (cve-2023-39325/cve-2023-44487)

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service via HTTP/2 Rapid Reset attacks on authenticated streams in Red Hat OpenShift due to an incomplete security fix.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-12698?

CVE-2024-12698 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18, published on 18 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An incomplete fix for ose-olm-catalogd-container was issued for the Rapid Reset Vulnerability (CVE-2023-39325/CVE-2023-44487) where only unauthenticated streams were protected, not streams created by authenticated sources.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12698?

How do I fix CVE-2024-12698?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12698 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-2024-12698 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12698 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-623g-7789-x7m7.

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