Bug 1893339 (CVE-2020-27347) - CVE-2020-27347 tmux: stack buffer overflow in input_csi_dispatch_sgr_colon
Summary: CVE-2020-27347 tmux: stack buffer overflow in input_csi_dispatch_sgr_colon
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2020-27347
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1894205 1910707
Blocks: 1893153
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-10-30 19:03 UTC by Todd Cullum
Modified: 2022-04-17 21:02 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: tmux 3.1c
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Last Closed: 2020-11-03 20:21:15 UTC
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Description Todd Cullum 2020-10-30 19:03:45 UTC 
An attacker can crash or execute arbitrary code inside tmux server process by writing a special escape sequence to the pane's pseudo tty. Code execution is proved practical only if tmux address space isn't fully randomized. So ASLR with PIE will mitigiate this issue but more complex exploits may be theoretically created.

Reference:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tmux/tmux/3.1c/CHANGES

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/tmux/tmux/commit/a868bacb46e3c900530bed47a1c6f85b0fbe701c
Comment 1 Todd Cullum 2020-11-03 17:59:35 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Sergey Nizovtsev
Comment 2 Todd Cullum 2020-11-03 18:00:48 UTC 
Created tmux tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1894205]
Comment 3 Todd Cullum 2020-11-03 18:05:01 UTC 
Statement:

tmux as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux of any version is not affected because the vulnerable code exists in newer versions of tmux than those shipped.
Comment 4 Todd Cullum 2020-11-03 18:46:51 UTC 
The affected version for this flaw is tmux-2.9 and greater.
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-11-03 20:21:15 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-27347
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