Vulnerability CVE-2018-20340


Published: 2019-03-21

Description:
Yubico libu2f-host 1.1.6 contains unchecked buffers in devs.c, which could enable a malicious token to exploit a buffer overflow. An attacker could use this to attempt to execute malicious code using a crafted USB device masquerading as a security token on a computer where the affected library is currently in use. It is not possible to perform this attack with a genuine YubiKey.

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Yubico -> Libu2f-host 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/Release_Notes.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Feb/23
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4389
https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2019-01/

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