Out-of-bounds read in FreeBSD - CVE-2022-23089
Published: August 13, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66472
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23089
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the elf_note_prpsinfo() function in prpsinfo. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the OS kernel.
Affected software
FreeBSD
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23089
Install updates from vendor's website.