CVE-2022-23951 Denial of service in keylime

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in Keylime by sending malicious ZIP data in agent quote responses.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-23951?

CVE-2022-23951 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in keylime, published on 21 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In Keylime before 6.3.0, quote responses from the agent can contain possibly untrusted ZIP data which can lead to zip bombs.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23951?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Keylime Keylime.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23951?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23951 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-23951 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-23951 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6xx7-m45w-76m2.

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