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CVE-2023-45839

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-494

Description

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 `aufs-util` package.

Affected products

• Buildroot: 2023.08.1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/11/1
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1844
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/11/1
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1844
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1844

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