Red Hat Enterprise Linux (pillow): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service
WID-SEC-2024-0184 · first 24.01.2024 · updated 31.03.2026 · CVSS 7,5
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Open Source CentOS
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Fedora Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- Oracle Linux
- Gentoo Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Pillow <10.0.0
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Pillow 10.0.0
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- RedHat Security Advisory vom 2024-01-23 access.redhat.com
- RedHat Security Advisory vom 2024-01-23 bugzilla.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2024-0345 vom 2024-01-25 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2024-0345 vom 2024-01-25 oss.oracle.com
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2024-4EF97EBBFC vom 2024-01-27 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
- CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2024:0345 vom 2024-01-26 lists.centos.org
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS-2024-2508 vom 2024-04-01 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA-202405-12 vom 2024-05-05 security.gentoo.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:3005 vom 2024-05-22 access.redhat.com
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8135-1 vom 2026-03-31 ubuntu.com
CVE: CVE-2023-44271
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.