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TI-2022-07262 Aliases CVE-2022-23093GHSA-7p28-5p54-rq49

Stack overflow in ping(8)

Priority LOW 33CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

ping reads raw IP packets from the network to process responses in the pr_pack() function. As part of processing a response ping has to reconstruct the IP header, the ICMP header and if present a "quoted packet," which represents the packet that generated an ICMP error. The quoted packet again has an IP header and an ICMP header. The pr_pack() copies received IP and ICMP headers into stack buffers for further processing. In so doing, it fails to take into account the possible presence of IP option headers following the IP header in either the response or the quoted packet. When IP options are present, pr_pack() overflows the destination buffer by up to 40 bytes. The memory safety bugs described above can be triggered by a remote host, causing the ping program to crash. The ping process runs in a capability mode sandbox on all affected versions of FreeBSD and is thus very constrained in how it can interact with the rest of the system at the point where the bug can occur.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02398 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed FreeBSD (FreeBSD): p5, p2, p10

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FreeBSDFreeBSD13.1-RELEASE to before p5; 12.4-RC2 to before p2; 12.3-RELEASE to before p10p5, p2, p10Patch availableCNA
  • FreeBSD VendorFreeBSD Affected 13.1-RELEASE to before p5; 12.4-RC2 to before p2; 12.3-RELEASE to before p10 Fixed in p5, p2, p10 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 18

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 beta1VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p1VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p2VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p3VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p4VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p5VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p6VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p7:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p7VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p8:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p8VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p9:*:*:*:*:*:*12.3 p9VulnerableFreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 beta1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p2 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p3 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p4 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p5 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p6 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p7 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p8 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.3:p9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 p9 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
Show 8 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.4:rc2-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*12.4 rc2-p1VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:b1-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1 b1-p1VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:b2-p2:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1 b2-p2VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1 p1VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1 p2VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1 p3VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1 p4VulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:rc1-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1 rc1-p1VulnerableFreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.4:rc2-p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.4 rc2-p1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:b1-p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 b1-p1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:b2-p2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 b2-p2 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 p1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 p2 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:p3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 p3 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:p4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 p4 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:13.1:rc1-p1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 rc1-p1 Vulnerable ·FreeBSD

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA FreeBSD (FreeBSD) Fixed in p5, p2, p10

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23093
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7p28-5p54-rq49

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2011-04182 Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-03684 Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2002-00376 Integer overflow in xdr_array function in RPC servers for operating systems that use… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2003-00437 Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2003-00642 The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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