CVE-2023-28856 `HINCRBYFLOAT` can be used to crash a redis-server process

2023-04-1820:50:03

CWE-20

CWE-617

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

redis

vulnerability

hincrbyfloat

update

database

disk persistence

authentication

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

53.6%

JSON

Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Authenticated users can use the HINCRBYFLOAT command to create an invalid hash field that will crash Redis on access in affected versions. This issue has been addressed in in versions 7.0.11, 6.2.12, and 6.0.19. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "redis",
    "product": "redis",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": ">= 7.0.0, < 7.0.11",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": ">= 6.2.0, < 6.2.12",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "< 6.0.19",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]