Ollama up to 0.3.14 gguf.go out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability has been found in Ollama up to 0.3.14 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file gguf.go. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-12055. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Ollama up to 0.3.14. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the file gguf.go. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in Ollama versions <=0.3.14 allows a malicious user to create a customized gguf model file that can be uploaded to the public Ollama server. When the server processes this malicious model, it crashes, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. The root cause of the issue is an out-of-bounds read in the gguf.go file.

It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-12055 since 12/02/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233434 (Ollama <= 0.3.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (233434). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Ollama

Version

• 0.3.0
• 0.3.1
• 0.3.2
• 0.3.3
• 0.3.4
• 0.3.5
• 0.3.6
• 0.3.7
• 0.3.8
• 0.3.9
• 0.3.10
• 0.3.11
• 0.3.12
• 0.3.13
• 0.3.14

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