CVE-2022-4087

A vulnerability was found in iPXE. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function tls_new_ciphertext of the file src/net/tls.c of the component TLS. The manipulation of the argument pad_len leads to information exposure through discrepancy. The name of the patch is 186306d6199096b7a7c4b4574d4be8cdb8426729. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-214054 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

• Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
• Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/19.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/441.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/478.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/479.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/503.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/536.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/546.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/550.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/551.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/552.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/556.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/558.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/562.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/563.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/564.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/578.html

References

• https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe/commit/186306d6199096b7a7c4b4574d4be8cdb8426729
• https://vuldb.com/?id.214054
• https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe/commit/186306d6199096b7a7c4b4574d4be8cdb8426729
• https://vuldb.com/?id.214054