Open Robotic ROS2 YAML File nav2_amcl buffer overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Open Robotic ROS2. This affects the function nav2_amcl of the component YAML File Handler. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-37860. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Open Robotic ROS2 (version now known) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function nav2_amcl of the component YAML File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Open Robotic Operating System 2 ROS2 navigation2- ROS2-humble&& navigation2-humble allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .yaml file to the nav2_amcl process

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-37860 since 06/10/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are known, but no exploit is 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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• Open Robotic

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• ROS2

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