Memory leak in bareos - CVE-2022-24756
Published: March 21, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61499
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4 BT: 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-2022-24756
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak during PAM authentication in the Bareos Director component. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Affected software
bareos
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24756
Install updates from vendor's website.
bareos - addressed in versions 19.2.12, 20.0.6, 21.1.0