Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-23645 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
swtpm is a libtpms-based TPM emulator with socket, character device, and Linux CUSE interface. Versions prior to 0.5.3, 0.6.2, and 0.7.1 are vulnerable to out-of-bounds read. A specially crafted header of swtpm's state, where the blobheader's hdrsize indicator has an invalid value, may cause an out-of-bounds access when the byte array representing the state of the TPM is accessed. This will likely crash swtpm or prevent it from starting since the state cannot be understood. Users should upgrade to swtpm v0.5.3, v0.6.2, or v0.7.1 to receive a patch. There are currently no known workarounds.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.
References
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/security/advisories/GHSA-2qgm-8xf4-3hqw
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/9f740868fc36761de27df3935513bdebf8852d19
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.5.3
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.6.2
- https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.7.1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WL735FW266GO4C2JX4CJBOIOB7R7AY5A/