DENEX U-Boot prior 2025.01-rc1 SquashFS Directory Listing heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in DENEX U-Boot and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SquashFS Directory Listing Handler. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-57259. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in DENEX U-Boot. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component SquashFS Directory Listing Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

sqfs_search_dir in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 exhibits an off-by-one error and resultant heap memory corruption for squashfs directory listing because the path separator is not considered in a size calculation.

It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-57259. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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-2025-4758). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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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

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02/18/2025 🔍
02/18/2025 +0 days 🔍
10/01/2025 +224 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-57259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-57259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296047
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2025 01:15
Updated: 10/01/2025 00:20
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), 10/01/2025 00:20 (11)
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