CVE-2024-6126

NameCVE-2024-6126
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cockpit (PTS)bullseye239-1vulnerable
bookworm287.1-0+deb12u3fixed
bookworm (security)287.1-0+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie329-1fixed
sid330-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cockpitsourcebookworm287.1-0+deb12u3
cockpitsource(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

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