CVE-2024-1394 Golang-fips/openssl: memory leaks in code encrypting and decrypting rsa payloads
Description
A memory leak flaw was found in Golang in the RSA encrypting/decrypting code, which might lead to a resource exhaustion vulnerability using attacker-controlled inputs. The memory leak happens in github.com/golang-fips/openssl/openssl/rsa.go#L113. The objects leaked are pkey and ctx. That function uses named return parameters to free pkey and ctx if there is an error initializing the context or setting the different properties. All return statements related to error cases follow the "return nil, nil, fail(...)" pattern, meaning that pkey and ctx will be nil inside the deferred function that should free them.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitable remotely over the network, without an account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Developer Tools | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 | Versions not published |