CVE-2022-29224
Description
A flaw was found in Envoy. This flaw allows an attacker who controls an upstream host and also controls service discovery of that host (via DNS, the EDS API, etc.) to crash Envoy by forcing the removal of the host from service discovery and then failing the gRPC health check request. This issue crashes Envoy via a NULL pointer dereference.
Mitigation
Disable gRPC health checking and/or replace it with a different health checking type.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.9 | 5.9 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | High | High | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | None | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Envoy security team for reporting this issue.
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