Cryptographic Issues Affecting u-boot package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-UBOOT-300004
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed24 Jul 2018

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-3226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:unstable u-boot.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream u-boot package and not the u-boot package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Das U-Boot is a device bootloader that can read its configuration from an AES encrypted file. Devices that make use of Das U-Boot's AES-CBC encryption feature using environment encryption (i.e., setting the configuration parameter CONFIG_ENV_AES=y) read environment variables from disk as the encrypted disk image is processed. An attacker with physical access to the device can manipulate the encrypted environment data to include a crafted two-byte sequence which triggers an error in environment variable parsing. This error condition is improperly handled by Das U-Boot, resulting in an immediate process termination with a debugging message.