CVE-2020-6107 Information disclosure in F2fs-Tools

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

An attacker can disclose sensitive information by providing a malicious f2fs filesystem image to the fsck utility.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-6107?

CVE-2020-6107 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F2fs-Tools, published on 15 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the dev_read functionality of F2fs-Tools F2fs.Fsck 1.13. A specially crafted f2fs filesystem can cause an uninitialized read resulting in an information disclosure. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-754, CWE-125, CWE-253

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6107?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F2fs-Tools Project F2fs-Tools.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6107?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2020-6107 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6107 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-6107, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6107, GHSA-25x6-6c2h-m4mm, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6107.

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