CVE-2022-38153

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

01 Mar 2023, 15:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-770
References
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/8 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170605/wolfSSL-5.3.0-Denial-Of-Service.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • (MISC) https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/01/12/wolfssl-vulnerabilities-tlspuffin-fuzzing-ssh/ - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/trailofbits/tlspuffin - (MISC) https://github.com/trailofbits/tlspuffin - Not Applicable
References (MISC) https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/5476 - (MISC) https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/5476 - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ - (CONFIRM) https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases - (MISC) https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases - Release Notes
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.9

31 Aug 2022, 21:12

Type Values Removed Values Added
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


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Products Affected

wolfssl

  • wolfssl
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling