CVE-2022-29173
Go-tuf Invalid Client Workflow Leak
Description
go-tuf is a Go implementation of The Update Framework (TUF). go-tuf does not correctly implement the client workflow for updating the metadata files for roles other than the root role. Specifically, checks for rollback attacks are not implemented correctly meaning an attacker can cause clients to install software that is older than the software which the client previously knew to be available, and may include software with known vulnerabilities. In more detail, the client code of go-tuf has several issues in regards to preventing rollback attacks: 1. It does not take into account the content of any previously trusted metadata, if available, before proceeding with updating roles other than the root role (i.e., steps 5.4.3.1 and 5.5.5 of the detailed client workflow). This means that any form of version verification done on the newly-downloaded metadata is made using the default value of zero, which always passes. 2. For both timestamp and snapshot roles, go-tuf saves these metadata files as trusted before verifying if the version of the metafiles they refer to is correct (i.e., steps 5.5.4 and 5.6.4 of the detailed client workflow). A fix is available in version 0.3.0 or newer. No workarounds are known for this issue apart from upgrading.
INFO
Published Date :
May 5, 2022, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 17, 2022, 7:55 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2022-29173.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/commit/ed6788e710fc3093a7ecc2d078bf734c0f200d8d | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-66x3-6cw3-v5gj | Patch Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 17, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/commit/ed6788e710fc3093a7ecc2d078bf734c0f200d8d No Types Assigned https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/commit/ed6788e710fc3093a7ecc2d078bf734c0f200d8d Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-66x3-6cw3-v5gj No Types Assigned https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-66x3-6cw3-v5gj Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-354 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:theupdateframework:go-tuf:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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0.20 }} 0.01%
score
0.57402
percentile