CVE-2021-41099

Summary

Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. An integer overflow bug in the underlying string library can be used to corrupt the heap and potentially result with denial of service or remote code execution. The vulnerability involves changing the default proto-max-bulk-len configuration parameter to a very large value and constructing specially crafted network payloads or commands. The problem is fixed in Redis versions 6.2.6, 6.0.16 and 5.0.14. An additional workaround to mitigate the problem without patching the redis-server executable is to prevent users from modifying the proto-max-bulk-len configuration parameter. This can be done using ACL to restrict unprivileged users from using the CONFIG SET command.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
redisredis< 5.0.14affected
redisredis>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.16affected
redisredis>= 6.2.0, 6.2.6affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-190: CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
  • CWE-680: CWE-680: Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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