CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-45491

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Published: Aug 30, 2024 | Modified: Sep 04, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).

Weakness

The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libexpat Libexpat_project * 2.6.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat expat-0:2.2.5-15.el8_10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat xmlrpc-c-0:1.51.0-10.el8_10 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat expat-0:2.5.0-2.el9_4.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat expat-0:2.5.0-2.el9_4.1 *
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 RedHat rhcos-416.94.202410020522-0 *
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 RedHat rhcos-417.94.202411070820-0 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-config-sync-rhel9:1.4.7-3 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-flow-collector-rhel9:1.4.7-3 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-operator-bundle:1.4.7-4 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-router-rhel9:2.4.3-7 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-service-controller-rhel9:1.4.7-3 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-site-controller-rhel9:1.4.7-3 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-config-sync-rhel9:1.4.7-2 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-flow-collector-rhel9:1.4.7-2 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-operator-bundle:1.4.7-2 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-router-rhel9:2.4.3-6 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-service-controller-rhel9:1.4.7-2 *
Service Interconnect 1.4 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-site-controller-rhel9:1.4.7-2 *
Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-config-sync-rhel9:1.5.5-4 *
Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-controller-podman-container-rhel9:1.5.5-4 *
Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-controller-podman-rhel9:1.5.5-4 *
Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-flow-collector-rhel9:1.5.5-4 *
Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-operator-bundle:1.5.5-4 *
Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-router-rhel9:2.5.3-6 *
Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-service-controller-rhel9:1.5.5-4 *
Service Interconnect 1 for RHEL 9 RedHat service-interconnect/skupper-site-controller-rhel9:1.5.5-4 *
Coin3 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Expat Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Expat Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Expat Ubuntu focal *
Expat Ubuntu jammy *
Expat Ubuntu noble *
Expat Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Expat Ubuntu upstream *
Libxmltok Ubuntu devel *
Libxmltok Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Libxmltok Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Libxmltok Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Libxmltok Ubuntu esm-apps/noble *
Libxmltok Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Libxmltok Ubuntu focal *
Libxmltok Ubuntu jammy *
Libxmltok Ubuntu noble *
Libxmltok Ubuntu oracular *
Vnc4 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Vtk Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu trusty/esm *

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • If possible, choose a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.
  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • Use libraries or frameworks that make it easier to handle numbers without unexpected consequences.
  • Examples include safe integer handling packages such as SafeInt (C++) or IntegerLib (C or C++). [REF-106]
  • Perform input validation on any numeric input by ensuring that it is within the expected range. Enforce that the input meets both the minimum and maximum requirements for the expected range.
  • Use unsigned integers where possible. This makes it easier to perform validation for integer overflows. When signed integers are required, ensure that the range check includes minimum values as well as maximum values.
  • Understand the programming language’s underlying representation and how it interacts with numeric calculation (CWE-681). Pay close attention to byte size discrepancies, precision, signed/unsigned distinctions, truncation, conversion and casting between types, “not-a-number” calculations, and how the language handles numbers that are too large or too small for its underlying representation. [REF-7]
  • Also be careful to account for 32-bit, 64-bit, and other potential differences that may affect the numeric representation.

References