Resource management error in wolfSSL - CVE-2022-38152
Published: August 31, 2022 / Updated: January 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66878
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38152
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources if using wolfSSL_clear to reset a WOLFSSL object during TLS 1.3 resumption. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
wolfSSL
How to mitigate CVE-2022-38152
Install updates from vendor's website.
wolfSSL - update to 5.5.0