CVE-2023-38689 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in network IO
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by sending crafted network packets to vulnerable Logistics Pipes Minecraft mods.
- 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-2023-38689?
CVE-2023-38689 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in RS485 LogisticsPipes, published on 4 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Logistics Pipes is a modification (a.k.a. mod) for the computer game Minecraft Java Edition. The mod used Java's `ObjectInputStream#readObject` on untrusted data coming from clients or servers over the network resulting in possible remote code execution when sending specifically crafted network packets after connecting. The affected versions were released between 2013 and 2016 and the issue (back then unknown) was fixed in 2016 by a refactoring of the network IO code. The issue is present in all Logistics Pipes versions ranged from 0.7.0.91 prior to 0.10.0.71, which were downloaded from different platforms summing up to multi-million downloads. For Minecraft version 1.7.10 the issue was fixed in build 0.10.0.71. Everybody on Minecraft 1.7.10 should check their version number of Logistics Pipes in their modlist and update, if the version number is smaller than 0.10.0.71. Any newer supported Minecraft version (like 1.12.2) never had a Logistics Pipes version with vulnerable code. The best available workaround for vulnerable versions is to play in singleplayer only or update to newer Minecraft versions and modpacks.
Weakness: CWE-502
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38689?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rs485 Logisticspipes.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38689?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.
Is CVE-2023-38689 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38689 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcp7-xf3v-25x3.