QID 377845

Date Published: 2023-01-02

QID 377845: Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (FreeBSD-SA-22:15)

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.

CVE-2022-23093: The issue is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the "pr_pack()" function in ping(8).

Affected Versions:
FreeBSD versions prior to 12.3-RELEASE-p10
FreeBSD versions prior to 12.4-RC2-p2
FreeBSD versions prior to 12.4-STABLE
FreeBSD versions prior to 13.1-STABLE
FreeBSD versions prior to 13.1-RELEASE-p5

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated) :
This checks for vulnerable version of FreeBSD OS

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a stack overflow, which could lead to a crash or trigger remote code execution in ping.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Vendor has released patch to address this issue. Please refer to advisory for FreeBSD-SA-22:15 for further updates.Workaround:
Please refer vendor advisory FreeBSD-SA-22:15 for patch details.

Vendor References

FreeBSD-SA-22:15 - www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-22:15.ping.asc

CVEs related to QID 377845

CVE-2022-23093 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
FreeBSD-SA-22:15			www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-22:15.ping.asc

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