CVE-2020-7982

Published: Mar 16, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-345

8.1HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenWrt 18.06.0 to 18.06.6 and 19.07.0, and LEDE 17.01.0 to 17.01.7. A bug in the fork of the opkg package manager before 2020-01-25 prevents correct parsing of embedded checksums in the signed repository index, allowing a man-in-the-middle attacker to inject arbitrary package payloads (which are installed without verification).

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-345 CWE-754

Affected Products

openwrt

oss-project·DEaka lede

ledeOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

openwrtEmbeddedOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/openwrt-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-that-execute-malicious-code/

arstechnica.com

https://blog.forallsecure.com/uncovering-openwrt-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7982

blog.forallsecure.com

https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commits/master

github.com

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