CVE-2023-45840 (GCVE-0-2023-45840)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-05 11:30
Modified
2025-11-04 19:25
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check
Summary
Multiple data integrity vulnerabilities exist in the package hash checking functionality of Buildroot 2023.08.1 and Buildroot dev commit 622698d7847. A specially crafted man-in-the-middle attack can lead to arbitrary command execution in the builder.This vulnerability is related to the `riscv64-elf-toolchain` package.
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Buildroot Buildroot Version: 2023.08.1
Version: dev commit 622698d7847
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