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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-39173: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-39173: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/29/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

In wolfSSL before 5.5.1, malicious clients can cause a buffer overflow during a TLS 1.3 handshake. This occurs when an attacker supposedly resumes a previous TLS session. During the resumption Client Hello a Hello Retry Request must be triggered. Both Client Hellos are required to contain a list of duplicate cipher suites to trigger the buffer overflow. In total, two Client Hellos have to be sent: one in the resumed session, and a second one as a response to a Hello Retry Request message.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-wolfssl

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