An issue was discovered in wolfSSL before 5.5.0 (when --enable-session-ticket is used); however, only version 5.3.0 is exploitable. Man-in-the-middle attackers or a malicious server can crash TLS 1.2 clients during a handshake. If an attacker injects a large ticket (more than 256 bytes) into a NewSessionTicket message in a TLS 1.2 handshake, and the client has a non-empty session cache, the session cache frees a pointer that points to unallocated memory, causing the client to crash with a "free(): invalid pointer" message. NOTE: It is likely that this is also exploitable during TLS 1.3 handshakes between a client and a malicious server. With TLS 1.3, it is not possible to exploit this as a man-in-the-middle.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170605/wolfSSL-5.3.0-Denial-Of-Service.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/8 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/01/12/wolfssl-vulnerabilities-tlspuffin-fuzzing-ssh/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/trailofbits/tlspuffin | Not Applicable |
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/5476 | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases | Release Notes |
https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
01 Mar 2023, 15:51
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
CWE | CWE-770 | |
References |
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References | (MISC) https://github.com/trailofbits/tlspuffin - Not Applicable | |
References | (MISC) https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/5476 - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | (CONFIRM) https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ - Vendor Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases - Release Notes | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.9 |
31 Aug 2022, 21:12
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2022-08-31 18:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 22:51
NVD link : CVE-2022-38153
Mitre link : CVE-2022-38153
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-38153
JSON object : View
Products Affected
wolfssl
- wolfssl
CWE
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling