GHSA-69h9-vj5r-xcg6: RIOT-OS vulnerable to null pointer dereference during fragment forwarding

Published Apr 24, 2023
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Updated

RIOT-OS, an operating system that supports Internet of Things devices, contains a network stack with the ability to process 6LoWPAN frames. Prior to version 2022.10, an attacker can send a crafted frame to the device resulting in a NULL pointer dereference. During forwarding of a fragment an uninitialized entry in the reassembly buffer is used. The NULL pointer dereference triggers a hard fault exception resulting in denial of service. Version 2022.10 fixes this issue. As a workaround, disable support for fragmented IP datagrams or apply the patches manually.

Affected Software

1 affected component
RIOT RIOT-OS<2022.10

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade RIOT-OS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2022.10
  2. Configuration

    Disable support for fragmented IP datagrams as a workaround.

    RIOT-OS support for fragmented IP datagrams = disabled

Event History

Apr 24, 2023
CVE Published
via OSV·02:23 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·02:23 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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