DENEX U-Boot prior 2025.01-rc1 SquashFS Symlink Resolution stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in DENEX U-Boot. This affects an unknown part of the component SquashFS Symlink Resolution Handler. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-57257. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DENEX U-Boot. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component SquashFS Symlink Resolution Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A stack consumption issue in sqfs_size in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs via a crafted squashfs filesystem with deep symlink nesting.

The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-57257. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235044 (Debian dla-4150 : u-boot - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2025.01-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (235044) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-4761). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 235044
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4150 : u-boot - security update

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: U-Boot 2025.01-rc1

Timelineinfo

02/18/2025 🔍
02/18/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2025 +103 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-57257 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-57257
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296045
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2025 01:15
Updated: 06/01/2025 04:46
Changes: 02/18/2025 01:15 (51), 02/19/2025 10:39 (12), 02/19/2025 13:38 (1), 05/01/2025 17:12 (2), 06/01/2025 04:46 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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