Medium severity · published Jul 24, 2018
CVE-2017-3226
Das U-Boot is a device bootloader that can read its configuration from an AES encrypted file
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Das U-Boot is a device bootloader that can read its configuration from an AES encrypted file. Devices that make use of Das U-Boot's AES-CBC encryption feature using environment encryption (i.e., setting the configuration parameter CONFIG_ENV_AES=y) read environment variables from disk as the encrypted disk image is processed. An attacker with physical access to the device can manipulate the encrypted environment data to include a crafted two-byte sequence which triggers an error in environment variable parsing. This error condition is improperly handled by Das U-Boot, resulting in an immediate process termination with a debugging message.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UB
U-boot · Denx
before 2017.09 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3226
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3226
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100675
Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166743
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