CVE-2018-1000660 Missing authorization in n/a
An insecure permission flaw in the Tock OS kernel allows untrusted capsules to access arbitrary memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1000660?
CVE-2018-1000660 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
TOCK version prior to commit 42f7f36e74088036068d62253e1d8fb26605feed. For example dfde28196cd12071fcf6669f7654be7df482b85d contains a Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Function get_package_name in the file kernel/src/tbfheader.rs, variable "pub package_name: &'static str," in the file process.rs that can result in A tock capsule (untrusted driver) could access arbitrary memory by using only safe code. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in commit 42f7f36e74088036068d62253e1d8fb26605feed.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000660?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tockos Tock.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1000660?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1000660 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2018-1000660 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000660 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9w77-7jq2-wgpf.