NULL pointer dereference in Opennds Captive Portal

CVE-2023-38322

An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. It has a do_binauth NULL pointer dereference that be triggered with a crafted GET HTTP request with a missing User-Agent HTTP header. Triggering this issue results in crashing OpenNDS (a Denial-of-Service condition). The issue occurs when the client is about to be authenticated, and can be triggered only when the BinAuth option is set. Affected OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2 fixed in OpenWrt master, OpenWrt 23.05 and OpenWrt 22.03 on 28. August 2023 by updating OpenNDS to version 10.1.3.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-38322: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38322?
CVE-2023-38322 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opennds Captive Portal, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-38322?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-38322 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.