CVE-2022-28885 Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Attackers can crash the fsicapd service in WithSecure products by sending malformed scanning requests, 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-2022-28885?
CVE-2022-28885 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in WithSecure F-Secure Linux Security 64 F-Secure Atlant, published on 6 Sep 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 the fsicapd component used in WithSecure products whereby the service may crash while parsing the scanning request.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28885?
It affects 2 products.
Products include F-Secure Atlant, F-Secure Linux Security.
How do I fix CVE-2022-28885?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28885 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-2022-28885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in WithSecure F-Secure Linux Security 64 F-Secure Atlant
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3w3m-pj5j-mqxp.