OpenThread wpantund up to 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7 wpanctl memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in OpenThread wpantund up to 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component wpanctl. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory leak. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-8916. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in OpenThread wpantund up to 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component wpanctl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A memory leak in Openthread's wpantund versions up to commit 0e5d1601febb869f583e944785e5685c6c747be7, when used in an environment where wpanctl is directly interfacing with the control driver (eg: debug environments) can allow an attacker to crash the service (DoS). We recommend updating, or to restrict access in your debug environments.

The weakness was disclosed 07/07/2020 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-8916 since 02/12/2020. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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: 3.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

02/12/2020 🔍
07/07/2020 +146 days 🔍
07/08/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/29/2020 +113 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-8916 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-8916
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-157762

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2020 11:19
Updated: 10/29/2020 08:42
Changes: 07/08/2020 11:19 (37), 07/08/2020 11:24 (11), 10/29/2020 08:34 (1), 10/29/2020 08:42 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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