CVE-2022-29494 Denial of service in OpenBMC
An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in Intel OpenBMC firmware via network access due to improper input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-29494?
CVE-2022-29494 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in OpenBMC, published on 16 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper input validation in firmware for OpenBMC in some Intel(R) platforms before versions egs-0.91-179 and bhs-04-45 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29494?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Openbmc.
How do I fix CVE-2022-29494?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29494 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-2022-29494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenBMC
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hwvq-chp2-hrj5.