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fs: fuse: buffer overflow vulnerability in the Zephyr FS

High
ceolin published GHSA-mh67-4h3q-p437 Feb 20, 2024

Package

zephyr (zephyr)

Affected versions

<= 3.5

Patched versions

None

Description

Summary

Possible buffer overflow in is_mount_point:
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/blob/main/subsys/fs/fuse_fs_access.c#L69

Details

If the string passed via path parameter is PATH_MAX long, sprintf will overflow dir_path by one byte.

static bool is_mount_point(const char *path)
{
    char dir_path[PATH_MAX];

    sprintf(dir_path, "%s", path);
    return strcmp(dirname(dir_path), "/") == 0;
}

Patches

main: #66592

embargo: 2024-02-20

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Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2023-6881

Weaknesses

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Learn more on MITRE.

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