CVE-2023-45841 (GCVE-0-2023-45841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-05 11:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:25
VLAI
Summary
Multiple data integrity vulnerabilities exist in the package hash checking functionality of Buildroot 2023.08.1 and Buildroot dev commit 622698d7847. A specially crafted man-in-the-middle attack can lead to arbitrary command execution in the builder.This vulnerability is related to the `versal-firmware` package.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Buildroot Buildroot Affected: 2023.08.1
Affected: dev commit 622698d7847
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Credits
Discovered by Claudio Bozzato and Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos.
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