CVE-2022-44011
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An issue was discovered in ClickHouse before version 22.9.1.2603, identified as CVE-2022-44011. The vulnerability allows an authenticated user with data loading privileges to cause a heap buffer overflow and crash the server by inserting a malformed CapnProto object. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in October 2022, affecting multiple versions of ClickHouse database software (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), requires low attack complexity (AC:L), low privileges (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), with scope unchanged (S:U), and impacts only availability (A:H) with no effect on confidentiality or integrity (NVD).

Impact

The primary impact of this vulnerability is on system availability. When successfully exploited, it can cause the ClickHouse server to crash through a heap buffer overflow, potentially leading to denial of service conditions (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in multiple ClickHouse versions. Users should upgrade to one of the following fixed versions: 22.9.1.2603, 22.8.2.11, 22.7.4.16, 22.6.6.16, or 22.3.12.19 (NVD).

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