CVE-2023-1297 (GCVE-0-2023-1297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-02 22:48 – Updated: 2025-01-08 17:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Consul Cluster Peering can Result in Denial of Service
Summary
Consul and Consul Enterprise's cluster peering implementation contained a flaw whereby a peer cluster with service of the same name as a local service could corrupt Consul state, resulting in denial of service. This vulnerability was resolved in Consul 1.14.5, and 1.15.3
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-08 17:50 UTC
CWE
- CWE-826 - Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Consul |
Affected:
1.14.0 , ≤ 1.14.5
(semver)
Affected: 1.15.0 , ≤ 1.15.3 (semver) |
guessed | |
| HashiCorp | Consul Enterprise |
Affected:
1.14.0 , ≤ 1.14.5
(semver)
Affected: 1.15.0 , ≤ 1.15.3 (semver) |
guessed |
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