Out-of-bounds write - CVE-2020-10232
Published: March 9, 2020 / Updated: July 27, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31912
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10232
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
In version 4.8.0 and earlier of The Sleuth Kit (TSK), there is a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the YAFFS file timestamp parsing logic in yaffsfs_istat() in fs/yaffs.c.
Affected software
sleuthkit (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-10232
Install update from vendor's website.
sleuthkit (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 4.7.0-r1, 4.8.0-r1
External References
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/459ae818fc8dae717549810150de4d191ce158f1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00011.html
- 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/