DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20340

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20340
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20340.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20340
Upstream
Published
2019-03-21T16:00:35Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:35Z
Severity
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Yubico libu2f-host 1.1.6 contains unchecked buffers in devs.c, which could enable a malicious token to exploit a buffer overflow. An attacker could use this to attempt to execute malicious code using a crafted USB device masquerading as a security token on a computer where the affected library is currently in use. It is not possible to perform this attack with a genuine YubiKey.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libu2f-host

Package

Name
libu2f-host
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libu2f-host?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libu2f-host

Package

Name
libu2f-host
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libu2f-host?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libu2f-host

Package

Name
libu2f-host
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libu2f-host?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libu2f-host

Package

Name
libu2f-host
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libu2f-host?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}