vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2019-9578): libu2f-host vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 5, 2019 | Nov 19, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 5, 2019
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In devs.c in Yubico libu2f-host before 1.1.8, the response to init is misparsed, leaking uninitialized stack memory back to the device.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-libu2f-host
References
- CVE-2019-9578
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-9578
- CWE-908
- EUVD-EUVD-2019-18949
- https://developers.yubico.com/libu2f-host/Release_Notes.html
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-18949
- https://github.com/Yubico/libu2f-host/commit/e4bb58cc8b6202a421e65f8230217d8ae6e16eb5
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9578
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