CVE-2020-8941 Unchecked buffer overrun in enc_untrusted_inet_pton

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

An attacker can read memory outside intended buffers, including secure enclave memory, by exploiting an unchecked buffer overrun in Asylo.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-8941?

CVE-2020-8941 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google LLC Asylo, published on 15 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An arbitrary memory read vulnerability in Asylo versions up to 0.6.0 allows an untrusted attacker to make a call to enc_untrusted_inet_pton using an attacker controlled klinux_addr_buffer 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 past commit 8fed5e334131abaf9c5e17307642fbf6ce4a57ec

Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8941?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Asylo.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8941?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-8941 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8941 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j42c-839r-f79f.

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