SB2018092609 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data in getmonero monero

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3972)

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSSv4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the Levin deserialization functionality of the Epee library, as used in Monero 'Lithium Luna' (v0.12.2.0-master-ffab6700) and other cryptocurrencies. A specially crafted network packet can cause a logic flaw, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/09/epee-levin-vuln.html
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0637