SB2019072925 - Resource management error in DENX U-Boot

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13103)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or overwrite arbitrary data on a targeted system.

The vulnerability exists due to an infinite recursion condition that can occur in DOS partitions while parsing a self-referential filesystem or a filesystem with many extended partitions. A remote attacker can crash the target system, cause a denial of service condition or potentially overwrite arbitrary data on the system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://gist.github.com/deephooloovoo/d91b81a1674b4750e662dfae93804d75
• https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commits/master
• https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2019-July/375512.html