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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-42905: Out-of-bounds Read

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-42905: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/06/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

In wolfSSL before 5.5.2, if callback functions are enabled (via the WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS flag), then a malicious TLS 1.3 client or network attacker can trigger a buffer over-read on the heap of 5 bytes. (WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS is only intended for debugging.)

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-wolfssl

References

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