PT-2022-19238 · Ireader+9 · Reader+9

Adam Korczynski + 1 · CVE-2022-2879 · Published 2022-10-04 · Updated 2024-09-25

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Reader (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the Reader.Read function not setting a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Reader.Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After the fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2023:0328

ALSA-2023:0446

ALSA-2023:2204

ALSA-2023:2780

ALSA-2024:0121

ALT-PU-2022-2743

ALT-PU-2022-2873

ALT-PU-2023-1205

AZL-11128

AZL-37526

AZL-41393

AZL-41765

AZL-41786

AZL-41787

AZL-41901

AZL-44052

AZL-44091

AZL-44523

AZL-79006

BIT-GOLANG-2022-2879

CESA-2023_0446

CESA-2023_2780

CESA-2024_0121

CESA-2024_2988

CVE-2022-2879

GO-2022-1037

INFSA-2024_2988

MGASA-2022-0377

OESA-2022-2004

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3668-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3669-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12391-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12392-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12421-1

RHSA-2022:7398

RHSA-2023:0328

RHSA-2023:0445

RHSA-2023:0446

RHSA-2023:0708

RHSA-2023:0727

RHSA-2023:2204

RHSA-2023:2780

RHSA-2023:3613

RHSA-2023:4003

RHSA-2023_0328

RHSA-2023_0446

RHSA-2023_2204

RHSA-2023_2780

RHSA-2024:0121

RHSA-2024:2988

RHSA-2024_0121

RHSA-2024_2988

RLSA-2023:0328

RLSA-2023:0446

SUSE-SU-2022:3668-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3669-1

SUSE-SU-2022_3668-1

SUSE-SU-2022_3669-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2312-1

USN-6038-1

USN-6038-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Centos

Debian

Linuxmint

Reader

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 191

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2879.json · Exploit
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2988.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2022-2004 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3668-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/SWGSHGPO6S5363G5FSISXYXICE3YJRKU · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-79006 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0377 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-0328.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6038-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12421-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12392-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2879 · Security Note
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:0446 · Vendor Advisory
• https://go.dev/cl/439355 · Patch