CVE-2022-40673 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2022-40673?

CVE-2022-40673 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 14 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

KDiskMark before 3.1.0 lacks authorization checking for D-Bus methods such as Helper::flushPageCache.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40673?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Kdiskmark Project Kdiskmark.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40673?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40673 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-40673 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jfq2-j4qj-4p6f.