CVE-2022-29224
Envoy Severe DoS via GrpcHealthCheckerImpl NULL Pointer Dereference
Description
Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance proxy. Versions of envoy prior to 1.22.1 are subject to a segmentation fault in the GrpcHealthCheckerImpl. Envoy can perform various types of upstream health checking. One of them uses gRPC. Envoy also has a feature which can “hold” (prevent removal) upstream hosts obtained via service discovery until configured active health checking fails. If an attacker controls an upstream host and also controls service discovery of that host (via DNS, the EDS API, etc.), an attacker can crash Envoy by forcing removal of the host from service discovery, and then failing the gRPC health check request. This will crash Envoy via a null pointer dereference. Users are advised to upgrade to resolve this vulnerability. Users unable to upgrade may disable gRPC health checking and/or replace it with a different health checking type as a mitigation.
INFO
Published Date :
June 9, 2022, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:45 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2022-29224.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9b1c3962172a972bc0359398af6daa3790bb59db | Patch |
| https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-m4j9-86g3-8f49 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance proxy. Versions of envoy prior to 1.22.1 are subject to a segmentation fault in the GrpcHealthCheckerImpl. Envoy can perform various types of upstream health checking. One of them uses gRPC. Envoy also has a feature which can “holdâ€? (prevent removal) upstream hosts obtained via service discovery until configured active health checking fails. If an attacker controls an upstream host and also controls service discovery of that host (via DNS, the EDS API, etc.), an attacker can crash Envoy by forcing removal of the host from service discovery, and then failing the gRPC health check request. This will crash Envoy via a null pointer dereference. Users are advised to upgrade to resolve this vulnerability. Users unable to upgrade may disable gRPC health checking and/or replace it with a different health checking type as a mitigation. Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance proxy. Versions of envoy prior to 1.22.1 are subject to a segmentation fault in the GrpcHealthCheckerImpl. Envoy can perform various types of upstream health checking. One of them uses gRPC. Envoy also has a feature which can “hold” (prevent removal) upstream hosts obtained via service discovery until configured active health checking fails. If an attacker controls an upstream host and also controls service discovery of that host (via DNS, the EDS API, etc.), an attacker can crash Envoy by forcing removal of the host from service discovery, and then failing the gRPC health check request. This will crash Envoy via a null pointer dereference. Users are advised to upgrade to resolve this vulnerability. Users unable to upgrade may disable gRPC health checking and/or replace it with a different health checking type as a mitigation. -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 23, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9b1c3962172a972bc0359398af6daa3790bb59db Patch, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9b1c3962172a972bc0359398af6daa3790bb59db Patch -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 25, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance proxy. Versions of envoy prior to 1.22.1 are subject to a segmentation fault in the GrpcHealthCheckerImpl. Envoy can perform various types of upstream health checking. One of them uses gRPC. Envoy also has a feature which can “hold� (prevent removal) upstream hosts obtained via service discovery until configured active health checking fails. If an attacker controls an upstream host and also controls service discovery of that host (via DNS, the EDS API, etc.), an attacker can crash Envoy by forcing removal of the host from service discovery, and then failing the gRPC health check request. This will crash Envoy via a null pointer dereference. Users are advised to upgrade to resolve this vulnerability. Users unable to upgrade may disable gRPC health checking and/or replace it with a different health checking type as a mitigation. Envoy is a cloud-native high-performance proxy. Versions of envoy prior to 1.22.1 are subject to a segmentation fault in the GrpcHealthCheckerImpl. Envoy can perform various types of upstream health checking. One of them uses gRPC. Envoy also has a feature which can “hold� (prevent removal) upstream hosts obtained via service discovery until configured active health checking fails. If an attacker controls an upstream host and also controls service discovery of that host (via DNS, the EDS API, etc.), an attacker can crash Envoy by forcing removal of the host from service discovery, and then failing the gRPC health check request. This will crash Envoy via a null pointer dereference. Users are advised to upgrade to resolve this vulnerability. Users unable to upgrade may disable gRPC health checking and/or replace it with a different health checking type as a mitigation. -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 16, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9b1c3962172a972bc0359398af6daa3790bb59db No Types Assigned https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/9b1c3962172a972bc0359398af6daa3790bb59db Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-m4j9-86g3-8f49 No Types Assigned https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-m4j9-86g3-8f49 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.22.1
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0.10 }} 0.00%
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0.40649
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