Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-2850 |
CWE-ID | CWE-476 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU66990
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2850
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the sync_create_state_control() function when running a sync_repl client. A remote authenticated user can pass a malformed cookie in a query and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU54107 (CVE-2021-3514).
Install updates from vendor's website.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions: 8.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS: 8.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support: 8.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support: 8.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS: 8.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support: 8.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support: 8.4
CPE2.3https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8680
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.