Bug 2042900 (CVE-2021-4213)

Summary: CVE-2021-4213 JSS: memory leak in TLS connection leads to OOM
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Cedric Buissart <cbuissar>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: alexander.m.scheel, cdorney, cfu, ckelley, dsirrine, edewata, elio.maldonado.batiz, jmagne, jprivett, kwright, mharmsen, mkdineshprasanth, mmillson, msauton, nkinder, rcritten, rhcs-maint, rhcs-maint, rmeggins, security-response-team
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: jss 5.1.0, jss 4.9.3 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in JSS, where it did not properly free up all memory. Over time, the wasted memory builds up in the server memory, saturating the server’s RAM. This flaw allows an attacker to force the invocation of an out-of-memory process, causing a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2046022, 2046023, 2052631, 2052632, 2142975, 2184498    
Bug Blocks: 2042903    

Description Cedric Buissart 2022-01-20 10:25:49 UTC
It was found that JSS did not properly free up all the memory resulting of a TLS connection. This could be used by an attacker to force the invocation of Linux's Out-Of-Memory process, causing a denial of service.

Comment 8 Cedric Buissart 2022-02-09 16:56:56 UTC
Created jss tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2052632]

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 13:49:24 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:1851 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1851

Comment 15 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-05-11 05:15:25 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4213

Comment 16 Petr Čech 2022-09-13 11:50:07 UTC
*** Bug 2011102 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2024-02-12 09:09:11 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Certificate System 10.4 for RHEL-8

Via RHSA-2024:0774 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0774