CVE-2020-8940

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-8940
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-15 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-17 17:25:00 UTC
DescriptionAn arbitrary memory read vulnerability in Asylo versions up to 0.6.0 allows an untrusted attacker to make a call to enc_untrusted_recvmsg using an attacker controlled result parameter. The parameter size is unchecked allowing the attacker to read memory locations outside of the intended buffer size including memory addresses within the secure enclave. We recommend upgrading or past commit fa6485c5d16a7355eab047d4a44345a73bc9131e

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Asylo All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Check return result in recvmsg · google/asylo@fa6485c · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Qinkun Bao (Baidu Security)

LEGACY: Zhaofeng Chen (Baidu Security)

LEGACY: Mingshen Sun (Baidu Security)

LEGACY: Kang Li (Baidu Security)

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