Bug 1942272 (CVE-2021-28682) - CVE-2021-28682 envoyproxy/envoy: integer overflow handling large grpc-timeouts
Summary: CVE-2021-28682 envoyproxy/envoy: integer overflow handling large grpc-timeouts
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-28682
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: Embargoed1941991
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Reported: 2021-03-24 02:40 UTC by Mark Cooper
Modified: 2021-04-22 16:46 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: envoyproxy/envoy 1.17.2
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Doc Text:
A flaw was found in envoyproxy/envoy. An attacker, able to craft a packet which specifies a large grpc-timeout, can potentially cause envoy to incorrectly calculate the timeouts resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Last Closed: 2021-04-22 10:46:57 UTC

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Description Mark Cooper 2021-03-24 02:40:31 UTC 
A integer overflow was found in all versions of Envoy up to 1.17.2. If an attacker can craft a packet which specifies a large grpc-timeout, this can potentially cause envoy to incorrectly calculate the timeouts resulting in a denial of service.
Comment 1 Mark Cooper 2021-03-24 02:40:33 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Envoy security team
Comment 5 Mark Cooper 2021-04-16 02:29:02 UTC 
External References:

https://istio.io/latest/news/security/istio-security-2021-003/
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2021-04-22 08:58:44 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0

Via RHSA-2021:1324 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1324
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2021-04-22 09:01:32 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  OpenShift Service Mesh 1.1

Via RHSA-2021:1322 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1322
Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-04-22 10:46:57 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-2021-28682
Comment 9 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-04-22 16:46:39 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-2021-28682
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