Improper restriction of software interfaces to hardware features in wolfSSL - CVE-2024-1545

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Improper restriction of software interfaces to hardware features in wolfSSL - CVE-2024-1545

Published: September 4, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96799
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1545
CWE-ID: CWE-1256
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to decrypt data.

The vulnerability exists due to a fault injection within the RsaPrivateDecryption() function in wolfssl/wolfcrypt/src/rsa.c. A local user can perform perform a Rowhammer fault injection and gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

wolfSSL
Fedora
wolfssl
nextcloud

How to mitigate CVE-2024-1545

Install updates from vendor's website.

wolfSSL - update to 5.7.0
wolfssl - addressed in versions 5.7.2-2.el9, 5.7.2-2.fc39, 5.7.2-2.fc40, 5.7.2-2.fc41, 5.7.2-2.fc42
nextcloud - addressed in versions 29.0.5-3.el9, 29.0.5-3.fc41, 29.0.5-4.fc39, 29.0.5-4.fc40

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