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CVE-2018-20340
Yubico libu2f-host 1.1.6 contains unchecked buffers in devs.c, which could enable a malicious token to exploit a buffer overflow.
Impact
Yubico libu2f-host 1.1.6 contains unchecked buffers in devs.c, which could enable a malicious token to exploit a buffer overflow. An attacker could use this to attempt to execute malicious code using a crafted USB device masquerading as a security token on a computer where the affected library is currently in use. It is not possible to perform this attack with a genuine YubiKey.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Yubico | Libu2f-Host | Version 1.1.6 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://blog.inhq.net/posts/yubico-libu2f-host-vuln-part1/
- https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/Release_Notes.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Feb/23
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4389
- https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2019-01/
- https://blog.inhq.net/posts/yubico-libu2f-host-vuln-part1/
- https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/Release_Notes.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Feb/23
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4389
- https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2019-01/