mudler localai up to 2.9.x audioToWav os command injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in mudler localai up to 2.9.x. This issue affects the function audioToWav. The manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-2029. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in mudler localai up to 2.9.x and classified as critical. This issue affects the function audioToWav. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A command injection vulnerability exists in the `TranscriptEndpoint` of mudler/localai, specifically within the `audioToWav` function used for converting audio files to WAV format for transcription. The vulnerability arises due to the lack of sanitization of user-supplied filenames before passing them to ffmpeg via a shell command, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the host system. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, or other detrimental impacts, depending on the privileges of the process executing the code.

It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-2029 since 02/29/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 31a4c9c9d3abc58de2bdc5305419181c8b33eb1c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• mudler

Name

• localai

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/mudler/localai/

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