Out-of-bounds read in Istio - CVE-2022-31045
Published: June 10, 2022 / Updated: July 27, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64153
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31045
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Istio
Affected software:
Istio
Istio
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the Ill-formed headers. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-31045
Install updates from vendor's website.
Note, the 1.14.2 or 1.13.6 versions are affected by this vulnerability due to process issues on the vendor's side.