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google/nftables · Security

github.com/google/nftable IP addresses were encoded in the wrong byte order

GHSA ID
GHSA-qjvf-8748-9w7h
CVE ID
CVE-2024-6284
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
5.6 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v3
5.6 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4
6.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Description

In https://github.com/google/nftables IP addresses were encoded in the wrong byte order, resulting in an nftables configuration which does not work as intended (might block or not block the desired addresses).

This issue affects:  https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/[email protected]

The bug was fixed in the next released version:  https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/[email protected]

CWEs

  • CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-1286 · Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input

References

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