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Unchecked validity of Facing values in PlayerActionPacket

High
dktapps published GHSA-xh99-hw7h-wf63 Jan 13, 2022

Package

composer pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Composer)

Affected versions

< 4.0.6

Patched versions

4.0.6

Description

Impact

A remote attacker may crash a server by sending PlayerActionPacket with invalid facing values (e.g. negative), specifically with START_BREAK or CRACK_BLOCK actions, or with a UseItemTransactionData (typically in InventoryTransactionPacket).

Patches

f126479

Workarounds

Using a plugin, cancel DataPacketReceiveEvent if the packet is PlayerActionPacket and the facing is outside the range 0-5 when receiving START_BREAK or CRACK_BLOCK actions, or UseItemTransactionData. However, beware that negative values may be legitimate in some cases.

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Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

No CWEs