VDB-157826 · CVE-2020-7458 · GCVE-0-2020-7458

FreeBSD up to 11.4/12.1 PATH out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in FreeBSD up to 11.4/12.1 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument PATH as part of Environment Variable leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-7458. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in FreeBSD up to 11.4/12.1 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument PATH as part of a Environment Variable leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r362281, 11.4-STABLE before r362281, and 11.4-RELEASE before p1, long values in the user-controlled PATH environment variable cause posix_spawnp to write beyond the end of the heap allocated stack possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was released 07/09/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at security.FreeBSD.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-7458 since 01/21/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-157825. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Name

FreeBSD

Version

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://www.freebsd.org/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

01/21/2020 🔍
07/09/2020 +170 days 🔍
07/10/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/29/2020 +111 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: freebsd.org

Advisory: security.FreeBSD.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-7458 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7458
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-157826
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2020 09:06
Updated: 10/29/2020 11:17
Changes: 07/10/2020 09:06 (39), 07/10/2020 09:11 (18), 10/29/2020 11:17 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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