Hex Package Manager up to 0.3.0 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Hex Package Manager up to 0.3.0. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-1000013. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hex Package Manager up to 0.3.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Hex package manager hex_core version 0.3.0 and earlier contains a Signing oracle vulnerability in Package registry verification that can result in Package modifications not detected, allowing code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via victim fetches packages from malicious/compromised mirror. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.4.0.

The bug was discovered 12/20/2018. The weakness was presented 02/04/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-1000013 since 02/04/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 46 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 0.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-130467 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Hex Package Manager 0.4.0
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

12/20/2018 🔍
02/04/2019 +46 days 🔍
02/04/2019 +0 days 🔍
02/05/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/04/2023 +1610 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-1000013 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-1000013
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130468
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/05/2019 08:59
Updated: 07/04/2023 17:45
Changes: 02/05/2019 08:59 (54), 05/07/2020 20:09 (1), 07/04/2023 17:45 (5)
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