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Null pointer deref in osdp_reply_name

Moderate
sidcha published GHSA-7945-5mcv-f2pp Mar 7, 2024

Package

libosdp (C Library)

Affected versions

< 2.4.0

Patched versions

2.4.0

Description

Issue:

At ospd_common.c, on the osdp_reply_name function, any reply id between REPLY_ACK and REPLY_XRD is valid, but names array do not declare all of the range. On a case of an undefined reply id within the range, name will be null (name = names[reply_id - REPLY_ACK];). Null name will casue a crash on next line: if (name[0] == '\0') as null[0] is invalid.

Attack:

As this logic is not limited to a secure connection, attacker may trigger this vulnerability without any prior knowledge.

Impact

Denial of Service

Patch

The issue has been patched in 24409e9

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

No CWEs