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CVE-2022-21716

Buffer Overflow in Twisted

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications, supporting Python 3.6+. Prior to 22.2.0, Twisted SSH client and server implement is able to accept an infinite amount of data for the peer's SSH version identifier. This ends up with a buffer using all the available memory. The attach is a simple as `nc -rv localhost 22 < /dev/zero`. A patch is available in version 22.2.0. There are currently no known workarounds.

Twisted es un marco de trabajo basado en eventos para aplicaciones de Internet, compatible con Python versión 3.6+. En versiones anteriores a 22.2.0, la implementación de cliente y servidor SSH de Twisted es capaz de aceptar una cantidad infinita de datos para el identificador de versión SSH del compañero. Esto termina con un buffer usando toda la memoria disponible. El adjunto es tan simple como "nc -rv localhost 22 ( /dev/zero". Se presenta un parche disponible en versión 22.2.0. Actualmente no se presentan medidas de mitigación conocidas

An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw was found in python-twisted in the dataReceived() function. This flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send a simple command to use all available memory and crash the server.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-11-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-03-03 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-03 First Exploit
  • 2024-11-16 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Twistedmatrix
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Twisted
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>= 21.7.0 < 22.2.0
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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9.0
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Oracle
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Http Server
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12.2.1.3.0
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Oracle
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Http Server
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12.2.1.4.0
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Oracle
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Zfs Storage Appliance Kit
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8.8
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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35
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Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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36
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