CVE-2022-28871 Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Remote attackers can crash the F-Secure scanning engine by sending large or fuzzed files, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-28871?
CVE-2022-28871 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in All F-Secure Endpoint Protection products on Windows and Mac F-Secure Linux Security (32-bit) F-Secure Linux Security 64 F-Secure Atlant F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper F-Secure Cloud Protection for Salesforce, published on 25 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Atlant whereby the fsicapd component used in certain F-Secure products while scanning larger packages/fuzzed files consume too much memory eventually can crash the scanning engine. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28871?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F-Secure Atlant.
How do I fix CVE-2022-28871?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28871 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-2022-28871 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28871 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in All F-Secure Endpoint Protection products on Windows and Mac F-Secure Linux Security (32-bit) F-Secure Linux Security 64 F-Secure Atlant F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper F-Secure Cloud Protection for Salesforce
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mg8q-h427-34h6.