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Unscored CVE-2017-3225 EUVD-2017-12346GHSA-x8ww-88gq-789c

Das U-Boot's AES-CBC encryption feature uses a zero (0) initialization vector that may allow attacks against the underlying cryptographic implementation and allow an attacker to decrypt the data

Published Jul 24, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by certcc

Description

Das U-Boot is a device bootloader that can read its configuration from an AES encrypted file. For devices utilizing this environment encryption mode, U-Boot's use of a zero initialization vector may allow attacks against the underlying cryptographic implementation and allow an attacker to decrypt the data. Das U-Boot's AES-CBC encryption feature uses a zero (0) initialization vector. This allows an attacker to perform dictionary attacks on encrypted data produced by Das U-Boot to learn information about the encrypted data.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Das U-Boot 2017.09 – < 2017.09 2017.09

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 u-boot No fix yet —
Debian 13 u-boot No fix yet —
Debian 12 u-boot No fix yet —

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