SB2023080265 - Remote code execution in Logistics Pipes mod for Minecraft

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38689)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the network IO code. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note, the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. The exploit was dubbed BleedingPipe and refers vulnerabilities in multiple Minecraft plugins.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://blog.mmpa.info/posts/bleeding-pipe/
• https://github.com/RS485/LogisticsPipes/security/advisories/GHSA-mcp7-xf3v-25x3
• https://github.com/RS485/LogisticsPipes/commit/527c4f4fb028e9afab29d4e639935010ad7be9e7
• https://github.com/RS485/LogisticsPipes/commit/39a90b8f2d1a2bcc512ec68c3e139f1dac07aa56