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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2020-13131 EUVD-2020-5407GHSA-rx8c-cr48-p2ff

An issue was discovered in Yubico libykpiv before 2.1.0. lib/util.c in this library (which is included in yubico-piv-tool) does not properl…

Published Jul 9, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

An issue was discovered in Yubico libykpiv before 2.1.0. lib/util.c in this library (which is included in yubico-piv-tool) does not properly check embedded length fields during device communication. A malicious PIV token can misreport the returned length fields during RSA key generation. This will cause stack memory to be copied into heap allocated memory that gets returned to the caller. The leaked memory could include PINs, passwords, key material, and other sensitive information depending on the integration. During further processing by the caller, this information could leak across trust boundaries. Note that RSA key generation is triggered by the host and cannot directly be triggered by the token.

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 yubico-piv-tool 2.1.1-1 —
Debian 13 yubico-piv-tool 2.1.1-1 —
Debian 12 yubico-piv-tool 2.1.1-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS yubico-piv-tool No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS yubico-piv-tool No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS yubico-piv-tool No fix yet —

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