CVE-2020-10060
UpdateHub Might Dereference An Uninitialized Pointer
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Description
In updatehub_probe, right after JSON parsing is complete, objects\[1] is accessed from the output structure in two different places. If the JSON contained less than two elements, this access would reference unitialized stack memory. This could result in a crash, denial of service, or possibly an information leak. Provided the fix in CVE-2020-10059 is applied, the attack requires compromise of the server. See NCC-ZEP-030 This issue affects: zephyrproject-rtos zephyr version 2.1.0 and later versions. version 2.2.0 and later versions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html#cve-2020-10060
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27865
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27889
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27891
- https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/27893
References (6)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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