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Redis DoS Vulnerability due to bad connection error handling

Published Jul 7, 2025

Description

Redis is an open source, in-memory database that persists on disk. An unauthenticated connection can cause repeated IP protocol errors, leading to client starvation and, ultimately, a denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.0.3, 7.4.5, 7.2.10, and 6.2.19.

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Red Hat statement

The severity of this vulnerability is rated Moderate as it does not impact system availability. The effects are confined to the application layer without compromising the underlying system stability.

Red Hat mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Jul 7, 2025
Updated Jul 7, 2025
Reserved May 19, 2025
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Jul 7, 2025
NVD
Status Analyzed
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Jul 7, 2025