Out-of-bounds read in ConnMan - CVE-2022-23096
Published: September 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67465
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23096
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ConnMan
ConnMan
Software vendor:
kernel.org
kernel.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the DNS proxy dnsproxy.c when handling Header Data in DNS responses. A remote attacker can send specially crafted TCP packets to the affected software, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.