Red Hat Security Advisory: pcs security update
This advisory addresses multiple denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the rubygem-rack component used by the pcs packages, which provide command-line configuration for Pacemaker and Corosync utilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. The vulnerabilities include issues in Content-Type parsing, Range header handling, and header parsing in Rack. Red Hat has released updated pcs packages to fix these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The pcs packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support include rubygem-rack, which has been found vulnerable to several denial of service issues: CVE-2024-25126 (Content-Type parsing), CVE-2024-26141 (Range header handling), and CVE-2024-26146 (header parsing). These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition. Red Hat has issued a security advisory RHSA-2024:2581 providing updated pcs packages that address these vulnerabilities. The advisory covers multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in denial of service conditions affecting the pcs command-line configuration system for Pacemaker and Corosync. This could disrupt high availability and resilient storage services relying on these components. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated pcs packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:2581 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: pcs security update
Description
This advisory addresses multiple denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the rubygem-rack component used by the pcs packages, which provide command-line configuration for Pacemaker and Corosync utilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. The vulnerabilities include issues in Content-Type parsing, Range header handling, and header parsing in Rack. Red Hat has released updated pcs packages to fix these issues.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The pcs packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support include rubygem-rack, which has been found vulnerable to several denial of service issues: CVE-2024-25126 (Content-Type parsing), CVE-2024-26141 (Range header handling), and CVE-2024-26146 (header parsing). These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition. Red Hat has issued a security advisory RHSA-2024:2581 providing updated pcs packages that address these vulnerabilities. The advisory covers multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in denial of service conditions affecting the pcs command-line configuration system for Pacemaker and Corosync. This could disrupt high availability and resilient storage services relying on these components. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated pcs packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:2581 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:2581
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-26141","CVE-2024-26146"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1f84853345fc1835060
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:36 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:50:40 UTC
Last updated: 06/26/2026, 03:00:48 UTC
Views: 2
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