7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-40271
"Trusted Firmware-M CryptoCell Chacha20-Poly1305 Authentication Tag Verification Buffer Attenuation"
Description

In Trusted Firmware-M through TF-Mv1.8.0, for platforms that integrate the CryptoCell accelerator, when the CryptoCell PSA Driver software Interface is selected, and the Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data Chacha20-Poly1305 algorithm is used, with the single-part verification function (defined during the build-time configuration phase) implemented with a dedicated function (i.e., not relying on usage of multipart functions), the buffer comparison during the verification of the authentication tag does not happen on the full 16 bytes but just on the first 4 bytes, thus leading to the possibility that unauthenticated payloads might be identified as authentic. This affects TF-Mv1.6.0, TF-Mv1.6.1, TF-Mv1.7.0, and TF-Mv1.8.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 8, 2023, 2:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 13, 2023, 2:27 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-40271 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Arm trusted_firmware-m
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-40271.

URL Resource
https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-M/trusted-firmware-m.git/tree/docs/security/security_advisories/cc3xx_partial_tag_compare_on_chacha20_poly1305.rst Exploit Mitigation Technical Description Vendor Advisory
https://tf-m-user-guide.trustedfirmware.org/releases/index.html Release Notes

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-40271 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-M/trusted-firmware-m.git/tree/docs/security/security_advisories/cc3xx_partial_tag_compare_on_chacha20_poly1305.rst No Types Assigned https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-M/trusted-firmware-m.git/tree/docs/security/security_advisories/cc3xx_partial_tag_compare_on_chacha20_poly1305.rst Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://tf-m-user-guide.trustedfirmware.org/releases/index.html No Types Assigned https://tf-m-user-guide.trustedfirmware.org/releases/index.html Release Notes
    Added CWE NIST CWE-697
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:arm:trusted_firmware-m:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:arm:trusted_firmware-m:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:arm:trusted_firmware-m:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:arm:trusted_firmware-m:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-40271 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-6: Argument Injection Argument Injection CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-15: Command Delimiters Command Delimiters CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-41: Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious Payloads Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious Payloads CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.01%

score

0.38051

percentile

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