CVE-2024-24806CWE-918

Improper Domain Lookup that potentially leads to SSRF attacks in libuv

High · published February 7, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. The `uv_getaddrinfo` function in `src/unix/getaddrinfo.c` (and its windows counterpart `src/win/getaddrinfo.c`), truncates hostnames to 256 characters before calling `getaddrinfo`. This behavior can be exploited to create addresses like `0x00007f000001`, which are considered valid by `getaddrinfo` and could allow an attacker to craft payloads that resolve to unintended IP addresses, bypassing developer checks. The vulnerability arises due to how the `hostname_ascii` variable (with a length of 256 bytes) is handled in `uv_getaddrinfo` and subsequently in `uv__idna_toascii`. When the hostname exceeds 256 characters, it gets truncated without a terminating null byte. As a result attackers may be able to access internal APIs or for websites (similar to MySpace) that allows users to have `username.example.com` pages. Internal services that crawl or cache these user pages can be exposed to SSRF attacks if a malicious user chooses a long vulnerable username. This issue has been addressed in release version 1.48.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02003 · 80.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2024-02-07T21:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 FEB 21:44Z
    Improper Domain Lookup that potentially leads to SSRF attacks in libuv
    cvelistv5