Bug 2044581 (CVE-2022-23837)

Summary:	CVE-2022-23837 sidekiq: WebUI Denial of Service caused by number of days on graph
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Todd Cullum <tcullum>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	amackenz, amasferr, bbuckingham, bcourt, btotty, chazlett, drieden, ehelms, jsherril, lzap, mhulan, mkudlej, mmccune, myarboro, nmoumoul, orabin, pcreech, rchan, tjochec
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	sidekiq 6.4.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A denial of service vulnerability was found in job scheduler sidekiq. An attacker can request statistics for the graph and, since there were no limits on the days parameter, overload the system, affecting the WebUI.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-07-05 20:42:13 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2047268
Bug Blocks:	2044574

Description Todd Cullum 2022-01-24 19:09:35 UTC

In api.rb in Sidekiq before 6.4.0, there is no limit on the number of days when requesting stats for the graph. This overloads the system, affecting the Web UI, and makes it unavailable to users.

References:

1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23837
2. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23837
3. https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/commit/7785ac1399f1b28992adb56055f6acd88fd1d956

Comment 1 Yadnyawalk Tale 2022-01-27 13:30:05 UTC

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/commit/7785ac1399f1b28992adb56055f6acd88fd1d956

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2022-07-05 14:27:12 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7
  Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:5498 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5498

Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-07-05 20:42:10 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-2022-23837