| Name | CVE-2024-6126 |
| Description | A flaw was found in the cockpit package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to kill any process when enabling the pam_env's user_readenv option, which leads to a denial of service (DoS) attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cockpit (PTS) | bullseye | 239-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 287.1-0+deb12u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 287.1-0+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 330-4 | fixed |
| sid | 331-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cockpit | source | bookworm | 287.1-0+deb12u3 | | | |
| cockpit | source | (unstable) | 320-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - cockpit <ignored> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/commit/08965365ac311f906a520cbf65427742d5f84ba4 (320)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292897
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2290859