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Description

A flaw was found in libmodulemd. In builds with rpmio support enabled, compressed modulemd YAML is decompressed through a custom read handler that does not enforce a cumulative decompressed-size limit before parsing. An attacker who can supply a highly compressible compressed YAML file can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 — —

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 libmodulemd No fix yet —
Debian 13 libmodulemd No fix yet —
Debian 12 libmodulemd No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libmodulemd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libmodulemd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libmodulemd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libmodulemd No fix yet —

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