CVE-2023-4234

NameCVE-2023-4234
DescriptionA flaw was found in ofono, an Open Source Telephony on Linux. A stack overflow bug is triggered within the decode_submit_report() function during the SMS decoding. It is assumed that the attack scenario is accessible from a compromised modem, a malicious base station, or just SMS. There is a bound check for this memcpy length in decode_submit(), but it was forgotten in decode_submit_report().
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Debian Bugs1070371

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ofono (PTS)jessie1.15-2vulnerable
stretch1.18-1vulnerable
buster1.21-1vulnerable
bullseye, bookworm1.31-3vulnerable
sid2.12-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ofonosourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
ofonosourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
ofonosource(unstable)2.10-11070371

Notes

[bookworm] - ofono <postponed> (Revisit when/if fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - ofono <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - ofono <postponed> (Minor issue, follow bullseye)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255399
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ofono/ofono.git/commit/?id=8d74bc66146ea78620d140640a0a57af86fc8936 (2.3)

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