CVE-2017-3226

Das U-Boot's AES-CBC encryption feature improperly handles an error condition and may allow attacks against the underlying cryptographic implementation and allow an attacker to decrypt the data

Published Jul 24, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Das U-Boot is a device bootloader that can read its configuration from an AES encrypted file. Devices that make use of Das U-Boot's AES-CBC encryption feature using environment encryption (i.e., setting the configuration parameter CONFIG_ENV_AES=y) read environment variables from disk as the encrypted disk image is processed. An attacker with physical access to the device can manipulate the encrypted environment data to include a crafted two-byte sequence which triggers an error in environment variable parsing. This error condition is improperly handled by Das U-Boot, resulting in an immediate process termination with a debugging message.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-12347 Das U-Boot is a device bootloader that can read its configuration from an AES encrypted file. Devices that make use of Das U-Boot's AES-CBC encryption feature using environment encryption (i.e., setting the configuration parameter CONFIG_ENV_AES=y) read environment variables from disk as the encrypted disk image is processed. An attacker with physical access to the device can manipulate the encrypted environment data to include a crafted two-byte sequence which triggers an error in environment variable parsing. This error condition is improperly handled by Das U-Boot, resulting in an immediate process termination with a debugging message.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:16 PM
Reserved
Dec 5, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 24, 2018, 3:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:17 AM