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Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting wolfssl package, versions <5.5.0-r0

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.41% (74th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-WOLFSSL-3144601
  • published 23 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 31 Aug 2022
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Introduced: 31 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-38152 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-754 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.17 wolfssl to version 5.5.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wolfssl package and not the wolfssl package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in wolfSSL before 5.5.0. When a TLS 1.3 client connects to a wolfSSL server and SSL_clear is called on its session, the server crashes with a segmentation fault. This occurs in the second session, which is created through TLS session resumption and reuses the initial struct WOLFSSL. If the server reuses the previous session structure (struct WOLFSSL) by calling wolfSSL_clear(WOLFSSL* ssl) on it, the next received Client Hello (that resumes the previous session) crashes the server. Note that this bug is only triggered when resuming sessions using TLS session resumption. Only servers that use wolfSSL_clear instead of the recommended SSL_free; SSL_new sequence are affected. Furthermore, wolfSSL_clear is part of wolfSSL's compatibility layer and is not enabled by default. It is not part of wolfSSL's native API.