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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2024-31228 EUVD-2024-29124

Denial-of-service due to unbounded pattern matching in Redis

Published Oct 7, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. Authenticated users can trigger a denial-of-service by using specially crafted, long string match patterns on supported commands such as `KEYS`, `SCAN`, `PSUBSCRIBE`, `FUNCTION LIST`, `COMMAND LIST` and ACL definitions. Matching of extremely long patterns may result in unbounded recursion, leading to stack overflow and process crash. This problem has been fixed in Redis versions 6.2.16, 7.2.6, and 7.4.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
redis redis >= 2.2.5, < 6.2.16, >= 7.0.0, < 7.2.6, >= 7.3.0, < 7.4.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 redis 5:7.0.15-2 —
Debian 14 valkey 8.0.1+dfsg1-1 —
Debian 13 redis 5:7.0.15-2 —
Debian 13 valkey 8.0.1+dfsg1-1 —
Debian 12 redis 5:7.0.15-1~deb12u2 —
Debian 11 redis 5:6.0.16-1+deb11u4 DLA-3973-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS redis 5:7.0.15-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 USN-7321-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS redis 5:6.0.16-1ubuntu1+esm2 USN-7321-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS redis 5:5.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm3 USN-7321-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS redis 5:4.0.9-1ubuntu0.2+esm5 USN-7321-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS redis 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.4+esm3 USN-7321-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS redis 2:2.8.4-2ubuntu0.2+esm4 USN-7321-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 redis +2 6.2.17-1.el9_5 RHSA-2025:0693, RHSA-2024:10869
RHEL 8 redis +2 6.2.17-1.module+el8.10.0+22680+748527fd RHSA-2025:0595

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 redis +2 6.2.17-1.el9_5 ALSA-2025:0693, ALSA-2024:10869
AlmaLinux 8 redis +2 6.2.17-1.module_el8.10.0+3946+3de613d5 ALSA-2025:0595

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 9 redis 6.2.17-1.el9_5 RLSA-2025:0693
Rocky Linux 8 redis 6.2.17-1.module+el8.10.0+1923+5b85c6a7 RLSA-2025:0595
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 redis 7.2.4-150600.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3535-1
SLES 15 SP6 redis7 7.0.8-150600.8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3537-1
SLES 15 SP5 redis 6.2.6-150400.3.28.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3575-1
SLES 15 SP5 redis7 7.0.8-150500.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3549-1
SLES 15 SP4 redis 6.2.6-150400.3.28.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3575-1
SLES 15 SP3 redis 6.0.14-150200.6.32.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0081-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 redis 6.2.6-150400.3.28.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3575-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 redis 6.0.14-150200.6.32.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0081-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 redis 6.2.6-150400.3.28.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3575-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 redis 6.0.14-150200.6.32.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0081-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 redis 6.2.6-150400.3.28.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3575-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 redis 6.2.6-150400.3.28.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3575-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 redis 6.0.14-150200.6.32.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0081-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed redis 8.0.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15293-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed valkey 8.0.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14412-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 redis 7.2.4-150600.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3535-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 redis7 7.0.8-150600.8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3537-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 redis 6.2.6-150400.3.28.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3575-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 redis7 7.0.8-150500.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3549-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 redict 7.3.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.24 redis 7.2.5-r1 —
Alpine v3.24 valkey 7.2.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 redict 7.3.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 redis 7.2.5-r1 —
Alpine v3.23 valkey 7.2.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 redict 7.3.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 redis 7.2.5-r1 —
Alpine v3.22 valkey 7.2.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 redict 7.3.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 redis 7.2.5-r1 —
Alpine v3.21 valkey 7.2.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 redict 7.3.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 redis 7.2.5-r1 —
Alpine v3.20 valkey 7.2.7-r0 —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 redis 7.2.4-r1 —
Alpine v3.18 redis 7.0.15-r1 —
Alpine v3.17 redis 7.0.15-r1 —
Alpine v3.15 redis 6.2.18-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 redis6 +2 6.2.14-2.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2024-717

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 valkey 8.0.1-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) redis 6.2.16-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 redis +2 6.2.17-1.el9_5 ELSA-2025-0693, ELSA-2024-10869
Oracle Linux 8 redis +2 6.2.17-1.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90491+f9002f77 ELSA-2025-0595

Advisories 22

References