Denial of service in wolfSSL



| Updated: 2022-10-30
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-39173
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 wolfSSL
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor wolfSSL

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU67767

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39173

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing TLS 1.3 protocol requests with session tickets. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted ClientHello packet to the affected server, trigger a buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

wolfSSL: 5.0.0 - 5.5.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v5.5.1-stable
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/24


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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