Source: libuv1
Version: 1.46.0-3
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: car...@debian.org, Debian Security Team <t...@security.debian.org>
Hi,
The following vulnerability was published for libuv1.
CVE-2024-24806[0]:
| libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on
| asynchronous I/O. The `uv_getaddrinfo` function in
| `src/unix/getaddrinfo.c` (and its windows counterpart
| `src/win/getaddrinfo.c`), truncates hostnames to 256 characters
| before calling `getaddrinfo`. This behavior can be exploited to
| create addresses like `0x00007f000001`, which are considered valid
| by `getaddrinfo` and could allow an attacker to craft payloads that
| resolve to unintended IP addresses, bypassing developer checks. The
| vulnerability arises due to how the `hostname_ascii` variable (with
| a length of 256 bytes) is handled in `uv_getaddrinfo` and
| subsequently in `uv__idna_toascii`. When the hostname exceeds 256
| characters, it gets truncated without a terminating null byte. As a
| result attackers may be able to access internal APIs or for websites
| (similar to MySpace) that allows users to have
| `username.example.com` pages. Internal services that crawl or cache
| these user pages can be exposed to SSRF attacks if a malicious user
| chooses a long vulnerable username. This issue has been addressed in
| release version 1.48.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no
| known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Note, that the advisory at [1] mentions that affected versions are
only > 1.45.x. Looking at the git changes, is it not introduced after
6dd44caa35b4 ("unix,win: support IDNA 2008 in uv_getaddrinfo()") in
v1.24.0?
If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
For further information see:
[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-24806
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24806
[1] https://github.com/libuv/libuv/security/advisories/GHSA-f74f-cvh7-c6q6
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
Regards,
Salvatore
