Command Injection Affecting rpi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
4.45% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-RPI-548942
  • published18 Feb 2020
  • disclosed18 Feb 2020
  • creditJHU System Security Lab

Introduced: 18 Feb 2020

CVE-2019-10796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)
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How to fix?

There is no fixed version for rpi.

Overview

rpi is a Node.js library to use the Raspberry Pi GPIOs.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection. The variable pinNumbver in function GPIO within src/lib/gpio.js is used as part of the arguement of exec function without any sanitization.

PoC by JHU System Security Lab

var RPI = require("rpi");
var pin = new RPI.GPIO(';touch vulnerable.txt;', '123');

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