The Sleuth Kit up to 4.6.1 libtskimg.a raw_read out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in The Sleuth Kit up to 4.6.1 and classified as critical. The impacted element is the function raw_read of the file libtskimg.a. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-11739. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in The Sleuth Kit up to 4.6.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function raw_read of the file libtskimg.a. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in libtskimg.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function raw_read in tsk/img/raw.c which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack.

The bug was discovered 06/03/2018. The weakness was released 06/05/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-11739 since 06/05/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277688 (Fedora Security Update for sleuthkit (FEDORA-2018-7270b39f50)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-105948, VDB-105949, VDB-105952 and VDB-118959. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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06/03/2018 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 1267
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-11739 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-11739
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118961
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2018 22:06
Updated: 03/21/2023 16:09
Changes: 06/05/2018 22:06 (63), 02/15/2020 08:56 (1), 03/21/2023 16:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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