Memory Exhaustion DoS in Unknown Component
CVE-2022-2906 Published on September 21, 2022
Memory leaks in code handling Diffie-Hellman key exchange via TKEY RRs (OpenSSL 3.0.0+ only)
An attacker can leverage this flaw to gradually erode available memory to the point where named crashes for lack of resources. Upon restart the attacker would have to begin again, but nevertheless there is the potential to deny service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-2906 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Leak Vulnerability?
The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is often triggered by improper handling of malformed data or unexpectedly interrupted sessions. In some languages, developers are responsible for tracking memory allocation and releasing the memory. If there are no more pointers or references to the memory, then it can no longer be tracked and identified for release.
CVE-2022-2906 has been classified to as a Memory Leak vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-2906
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Affected Versions
ISC BIND9:- Version Open Source Branch 9.18 9.18.0 through versions before 9.18.7 is affected.
- Version Development Branch 9.19 9.19.0 through versions before 9.19.5 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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