Security features bypass in opendkim - CVE-2022-48521
Published: November 28, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83527
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48521
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security measures.
The vulnerability exists due to improper tracking of ordinal numbers when removing fake Authentication-Results header fields. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted e-mail message with a fake sender address that will be treated as a message having a valid DKIM signature by software that relies on Authentication-Results from OpenDKIM.
Affected software
opendkim
Fedora
opendkim
Fedora
opendkim
How to mitigate CVE-2022-48521
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
opendkim - update to 2.11.0-0.36.el9