Bug 2050042 (CVE-2022-24300)

Summary:	CVE-2022-24300 minetest-server: ItemStack meta injection vulnerability in Minetest
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	unspecified	CC:	alpha, gwync, igor.raits, oliver
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	minetest 5.5.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2022-02-03 06:13:12 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2050044, 2050043
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Description Sandipan Roy 2022-02-03 05:24:53 UTC

Minetest before 5.4.0 allows attackers to add or modify arbitrary meta fields of the same item stack as saved user input, aka ItemStack meta injection.

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/security/advisories/GHSA-hwj2-xf72-r4cf
https://github.com/minetest/minetest/commit/b5956bde259faa240a81060ff4e598e25ad52dae
https://bugs.debian.org/1004223

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2022-02-03 05:25:35 UTC

Created minetest tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2050044]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2050043]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-02-03 06:13:10 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.