Barebox prior 2025.01.0 SquashFS Symlink Resolution integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Barebox. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SquashFS Symlink Resolution Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to integer overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-57262. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Barebox and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component SquashFS Symlink Resolution Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In barebox before 2025.01.0, ext4fs_read_symlink has an integer overflow for zalloc (adding one to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite, a related issue to CVE-2024-57256.

The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-57262. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 2025.01.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-4759). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Barebox 2025.01.0

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

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-57262 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-57262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296050
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2025 01:17
Updated: 06/01/2025 04:46
Changes: 02/18/2025 01:17 (49), 02/19/2025 10:39 (12), 02/19/2025 13:38 (1), 06/01/2025 04:46 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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