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Optionally require passing a header to invoke the shutdown endpoint

Low
DavidMcLaughlin published GHSA-6v94-gj6x-jqj7 Jul 15, 2024

Package

cargo linkerd-proxy (Rust)

Affected versions

< edge-24.6.2

Patched versions

edge-24.6.2

Description

Summary

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When the application is susceptible to SSRF, an attacker could potentially trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) attack by making requests to localhost:4191/shutdown.

Details

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Linkerd could introduce an optional environment variable to control a token that must be passed as a header. Linkerd should reject shutdown requests that do not include this header.

server.rs

PoC

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kubectl port-forward -n 4191
curl -X POST http://localhost:4191/shutdown.

Ideally, Linkerd should reject requests if the header is missing.

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?
A denial-of-service (DoS) attack

Severity

Low

CVSS overall score

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/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2024-40632

Weaknesses

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