Vulnerability CVE-2018-20348

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-20348 (CCN-154621)

Assigned:

2017-10-10

Published:

2017-10-10

Updated:

2019-10-03

Summary:

libpff_item_tree_create_node in libpff_item_tree.c in libpff before experimental-20180714 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted file, related to libfdata_tree_get_node_value in libfdata_tree.c.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

1.9 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-835

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-20348

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
libpff-cve201820348-dos(154621)

Source: CCN
Type: libpff GIT Repository
A stack-overflow vulneribility in libpff_item_tree_create_node #48

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libyal/libpff/issues/48

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-20348

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:libpff_project:libpff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 20180714)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2018203480000000	V	CVE-2018-20348 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2018-12-22
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018203480000000	V	CVE-2018-20348 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2018-12-22
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018203480000000	V	CVE-2018-20348 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2018-12-22
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201820348000	V	CVE-2018-20348 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2018-12-21
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018203480000000	V	CVE-2018-20348 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2018-12-21
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201820348000	V	CVE-2018-20348 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2018-12-21
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201820348000	V	CVE-2018-20348 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2018-12-21
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201820348000	V	CVE-2018-20348 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2018-12-21

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