CVE-2022-40306 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service by repeatedly requesting the login form, which triggers expensive RSA key generation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-40306?
CVE-2022-40306 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The login form /Login in ECi Printanista Hub (formerly FMAudit Printscout) before 5.5.2 (July 2023) performs expensive RSA key-generation operations, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) by requesting that form repeatedly.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40306?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ecisolutions Printanista Managed Print Service.
How do I fix CVE-2022-40306?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40306 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-2022-40306 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40306 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-22cp-w34c-5qxr.