CVE-2020-24387: High severity yubico yubihsm shell vulnerability

Published Oct 19, 2020
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Updated

An issue was discovered in the yhcreatesession() function of yubihsm-shell through 2.0.2. The function does not explicitly check the returned session id from the device. An invalid session id would lead to out-of-bounds read and write operations in the session array. This could be used by an attacker to cause a denial of service attack.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Yubico yubihsm-shell<=2.0.2
Fedoraproject Fedora=33

Event History

Oct 19, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:39 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:39 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID of this issue is CVE-2020-24387.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2020-24387?

The severity of CVE-2020-24387 is high with a CVSS score of 7.5.

3

What software versions are affected by CVE-2020-24387?

Yubico yubihsm-shell version up to and including 2.0.2, and Fedora version 33 are affected by CVE-2020-24387.

4

How can an attacker exploit CVE-2020-24387?

An attacker can exploit CVE-2020-24387 by using an invalid session ID to perform out-of-bounds read and write operations in the session array.

5

Are there any references related to CVE-2020-24387?

Yes, you can find references related to CVE-2020-24387 at the following links: [link1](https://blog.inhq.net/posts/yubico-libyubihsm-vuln/), [link2](https://developers.yubico.com/yubihsm-shell/), [link3](https://github.com/Yubico/yubihsm-shell).

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