COVIDSafe App on iOS Bluetooth Advertisement input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in COVIDSafe App, ABTraceTogether App, ProteGO App and TraceTogether App on iOS. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Bluetooth Advertisement Handler. The manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-12717. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. This vulnerability is notable in history due to its background and the response it received.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in COVIDSafe App, ABTraceTogether App, ProteGO App and TraceTogether App on iOS (iOS App Software) (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Bluetooth Advertisement Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The COVIDSafe (Australia) app 1.0 and 1.1 for iOS allows a remote attacker to crash the app, and consequently interfere with COVID-19 contact tracing, via a Bluetooth advertisement containing manufacturer data that is too short. This occurs because of an erroneous OpenTrace manuData.subdata call. The ABTraceTogether (Alberta), ProteGO (Poland), and TraceTogether (Singapore) apps were also affected.

The weakness was presented 05/14/2020. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-12717 since 05/07/2020. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/14/2020). This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

05/07/2020 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-12717 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-12717
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-155238

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2020 16:03
Updated: 05/14/2020 16:08
Changes: 05/14/2020 16:03 (36), 05/14/2020 16:08 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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