Out-of-bounds read in sleuthkit - CVE-2020-10233
Published: July 26, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31887
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10233
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in ntfs_dinode_lookup in fs/ntfs.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
sleuthkit
sleuthkit (Alpine package)
sleuthkit (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-10233
Install update from vendor's website.
sleuthkit - update to 4.9.0
sleuthkit (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 4.7.0-r1, 4.8.0-r1
sleuthkit (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 4.7.0-r1, 4.8.0-r1
External References
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1829
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EY53OYU7UZLAJWNIVVNR3EX2RNCCFTB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AQR2QY3IAF2IG6HGBSKGL66VUDOTC3OA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FFQKIE5U3LS5U7POPGS7YHLUSW2URWGJ/