A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in sslh. This issue affects the function hexdump of the file probe.c of the component Packet Dumping Handler. The manipulation of the argument msg_info leads to format string. The attack may be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is b19f8a6046b080e4c2e28354a58556bb26040c6f. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216497 was assigned to this vulnerability.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh/pull/353 | third party advisory patch |
| https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh/commit/b19f8a6046b080e4c2e28354a58556bb26040c6f | third party advisory patch |
| https://vuldb.com/?id.216497 | third party advisory |