CVE-2024-0874: Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
A flaw was found in coredns. This issue could lead to invalid cache entries returning due to incorrectly implemented caching.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-0874 involves CoreDNS caching responses with the CD bit set, which are then improperly cached and served later. This can lead to invalid cache entries being returned. The issue affects Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.15 and 4.16. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2024:0041 and RHSA-2024:4850 that include fixes for this vulnerability in the respective OpenShift versions. The advisories provide updated container images and packages to remediate the issue. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3 (medium severity), with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or availability impact, and low integrity impact.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability may cause CoreDNS to serve invalid cached responses due to improper caching of responses with the CD bit set. This could lead to integrity issues in DNS responses within the affected OpenShift Container Platform environments. There is no reported impact on confidentiality or availability. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.15.24 and 4.16.0 that address CVE-2024-0874. Users should upgrade to these updated packages and container images as soon as they are available in their respective release channels. Instructions for upgrading clusters are available in the Red Hat OpenShift documentation. Since this is an official fix, applying the vendor-provided updates is the recommended remediation. Patch status is confirmed by Red Hat advisories RHSA-2024:0041 and RHSA-2024:4850.
CVE-2024-0874: Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
Description
A flaw was found in coredns. This issue could lead to invalid cache entries returning due to incorrectly implemented caching.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-0874 involves CoreDNS caching responses with the CD bit set, which are then improperly cached and served later. This can lead to invalid cache entries being returned. The issue affects Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.15 and 4.16. Red Hat has issued security advisories RHSA-2024:0041 and RHSA-2024:4850 that include fixes for this vulnerability in the respective OpenShift versions. The advisories provide updated container images and packages to remediate the issue. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3 (medium severity), with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or availability impact, and low integrity impact.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability may cause CoreDNS to serve invalid cached responses due to improper caching of responses with the CD bit set. This could lead to integrity issues in DNS responses within the affected OpenShift Container Platform environments. There is no reported impact on confidentiality or availability. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.15.24 and 4.16.0 that address CVE-2024-0874. Users should upgrade to these updated packages and container images as soon as they are available in their respective release channels. Instructions for upgrading clusters are available in the Red Hat OpenShift documentation. Since this is an official fix, applying the vendor-provided updates is the recommended remediation. Patch status is confirmed by Red Hat advisories RHSA-2024:0041 and RHSA-2024:4850.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-24T23:42:08.424Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0041","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4850","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6009","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6406","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0874","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 691362a4f922b639ab5baf73
Added to database: 11/11/2025, 16:21:56 UTC
Last enriched: 06/02/2026, 20:01:07 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:47 UTC
Views: 343
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