VDB-302992 · CVE-2024-39780 · EUVD-2024-54360

OSRF ROS Indigo Igloo/Kinetic Kame/Melodic Morenia dynparam yaml.load deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OSRF ROS Indigo Igloo/Kinetic Kame/Melodic Morenia and classified as critical. This affects the function yaml.load of the component dynparam. Executing a manipulation can lead to deserialization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-39780. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OSRF ROS Indigo Igloo/Kinetic Kame/Melodic Morenia. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function yaml.load of the component dynparam. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A YAML deserialization vulnerability was found in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 'dynparam', a command-line tool for getting, setting, and deleting parameters of a dynamically configurable node, affecting ROS distributions Noetic and earlier. The issue is caused by the use of the yaml.load() function in the 'set' and 'get' verbs, and allows for the creation of arbitrary Python objects. Through this flaw, a local or remote user can craft and execute arbitrary Python code. This issue has now been fixed for ROS Noetic via commit 3d93ac13603438323d7e9fa74e879e45c5fe2e8e.

The weakness was disclosed by Florencia Cabral Berenfus with Ubuntu Robotics Team. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-39780 since 08/08/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-54360). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Timelineinfo

08/08/2024 🔍
04/02/2025 +237 days 🔍
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06/18/2025 +77 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Researcher: Florencia Cabral Berenfus
Organization: Ubuntu Robotics Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-39780 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-39780
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-302992
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/02/2025 11:25
Updated: 06/18/2025 16:17
Changes: 04/02/2025 11:25 (65), 06/18/2025 13:22 (5), 06/18/2025 16:17 (1)
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