CVE-2024-23960 Alpine Halo9 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Vulnerability
Physically present attackers can bypass signature validation to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on Alpine Halo9 devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-23960?
CVE-2024-23960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alpine Halo9, published on 28 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Alpine Halo9 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to bypass signature validation mechanism on affected installations of Alpine Halo9 devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the firmware metadata signature validation mechanism. The issue results from the lack of proper verification of a cryptographic signature. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root.
Was ZDI-CAN-23102
Weakness: CWE-347
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23960?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Alpsalpine Ilx-F509 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2024-23960?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-23960 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23960 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Alpine Halo9
- CVE-2024-23923 Alpine Halo9 prh_l2_sar_data_ind Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-23963 Alpine Halo9 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2024-23935 Alpine Halo9 DecodeUTF7 Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-23924 Alpine Halo9 UPDM_wemCmdCreatSHA256Hash Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-23961 Alpine Halo9 UPDM_wemCmdUpdFSpeDecomp Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5hr-8xhp-qgx7.