---
id: CVE-2024-3049
title: >-
  Booth: specially crafted hash can lead to invalid hmac being accepted by booth
  server
summary: >-
  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.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-345
vendor: Red Hat
product: booth
affected:
  - booth 1.0-283.1
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth (all versions)
  - booth
  - booth (all versions)
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-06-13T20:24:04.305850Z'
published: '2024-06-06'
updated: '2026-11-04'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-04T21:11:41.171Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3049'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3657'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:3657'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3658'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:3658'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3659'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:3659'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3660'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:3660'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3661'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:3661'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4400'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4400'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4411'
    label: 'RHSA-2024:4411'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3049'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272082'
    label: RHBZ#2272082
  - url: 'https://github.com/ClusterLabs/booth/pull/142'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.0053
epssPercentile: 0.44956
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T21:36:00.601Z'
---

## Overview

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

- `booth 1.0-283.1`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth (all versions)`
- `booth`
- `booth (all versions)`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

### Workarounds

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