CVE-2023-31129
"Contiki-NG IPv6 Router Solicitation NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability"
Description
The Contiki-NG operating system versions 4.8 and prior can be triggered to dereference a NULL pointer in the message handling code for IPv6 router solicitiations. Contiki-NG contains an implementation of IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) in the module `os/net/ipv6/uip-nd6.c`. The ND protocol includes a message type called Router Solicitation (RS), which is used to locate routers and update their address information via the SLLAO (Source Link-Layer Address Option). If the indicated source address changes, a given neighbor entry is set to the STALE state. The message handler does not check for RS messages with an SLLAO that indicates a link-layer address change that a neighbor entry can actually be created for the indicated address. The resulting pointer is used without a check, leading to the dereference of a NULL pointer of type `uip_ds6_nbr_t`. The problem has been patched in the `develop` branch of Contiki-NG, and will be included in the upcoming 4.9 release. As a workaround, users can apply Contiki-NG pull request #2271 to patch the problem directly.
INFO
Published Date :
May 8, 2023, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 15, 2023, 6:05 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE-2023-31129.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/2271 | Product |
| https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-x29r-5qjg-75mq | Patch Vendor 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. 15, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/2271 No Types Assigned https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/pull/2271 Product Changed Reference Type https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-x29r-5qjg-75mq No Types Assigned https://github.com/contiki-ng/contiki-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-x29r-5qjg-75mq Patch, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-476 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:contiki-ng:contiki-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.8
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0.30 }} 0.04%
score
0.69719
percentile