CVE-2024-3049

Booth: specially crafted hash can lead to invalid hmac being accepted by booth server

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: June 6, 2024 at 05:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:43 AM UTC
8 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxEnterprise Linux EusEnterprise Linux for IBM Z Systems

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in Booth, a cluster ticket manager. If a specially-crafted hash is passed to gcry_md_get_algo_dlen(), it may allow an invalid HMAC to be accepted by the Booth server.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.1
Affected range stops below 1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_4.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.0-283.1.9d4029a.git.el8_8.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.0-283.1.9d4029a.git.el9_2.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.1-1.el8_10.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.1-1.el9_4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 10 (unknown)

References (13)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3657
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3658
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3659
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3660
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3661
VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3049

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.9MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-345

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