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Debian: CVE-2024-6126: cockpit -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2024-6126: cockpit -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/03/2024
Created
09/03/2024
Added
09/02/2024
Modified
09/02/2024

Description

A 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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-cockpit

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