MGASA-2022-0319 - Updated connman packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 07 Sep 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0319.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-32292,
     CVE-2022-32293

In ConnMan through 1.41, remote attackers able to send HTTP requests to
the gweb component are able to exploit a heap-based buffer overflow in
received_data to execute code. (CVE-2022-32292)

In ConnMan through 1.41, a man-in-the-middle attack against a WISPR HTTP
query could be used to trigger a use-after-free in WISPR handling, leading
to crashes or code execution. (CVE-2022-32293)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30698
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/UWUYL7FE7EBPBC7ZEMY2Q5OKW2V6KZ5F/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32292
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32293

SRPMS:
- 8/core/connman-1.38-2.3.mga8

Mageia 2022-0319: connman security update

In ConnMan through 1.41, remote attackers able to send HTTP requests to the gweb component are able to exploit a heap-based buffer overflow in received_data to execute code

Summary

In ConnMan through 1.41, remote attackers able to send HTTP requests to the gweb component are able to exploit a heap-based buffer overflow in received_data to execute code. (CVE-2022-32292)
In ConnMan through 1.41, a man-in-the-middle attack against a WISPR HTTP query could be used to trigger a use-after-free in WISPR handling, leading to crashes or code execution. (CVE-2022-32293)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30698

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/UWUYL7FE7EBPBC7ZEMY2Q5OKW2V6KZ5F/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32292

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32293

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0319 - Updated connman packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/connman-1.38-2.3.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 07 Sep 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0319.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-32292, CVE-2022-32293

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