CVE-2023-48230Cap'n Proto WebSocket message can cause crash

Official description

Cap'n Proto is a data interchange format and capability-based RPC system. In versions 1.0 and 1.0.1, when using the KJ HTTP library with WebSocket compression enabled, a buffer underrun can be caused by a remote peer. The underrun always writes a constant value that is not attacker-controlled, likely resulting in a crash, enabling a remote denial-of-service attack. Most Cap'n Proto and KJ users are unlikely to have this functionality enabled and so unlikely to be affected. Maintainers suspect only the Cloudflare Workers Runtime is affected. If KJ HTTP is used with WebSocket compression enabled, a malicious peer may be able to cause a buffer underrun on a heap-allocated buffer. KJ HTTP is an optional library bundled with Cap'n Proto, but is not directly used by Cap'n Proto. WebSocket compression is disabled by default. It must be enabled via a setting passed to the KJ HTTP library via `HttpClientSettings` or `HttpServerSettings`. The bytes written out-of-bounds are always a specific constant 4-byte string `{ 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF }`. Because this string is not controlled by the attacker, maintainers believe it is unlikely that remote code execution is possible. However, it cannot be ruled out. This functionality first appeared in Cap'n Proto 1.0. Previous versions are not affected. This issue is fixed in Cap'n Proto 1.0.1.1.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Affected products (as reported)

References

• https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/security/advisories/GHSA-r89h-f468-62w3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/commit/75c5c1499aa6e7690b741204ff9af91cce526c59 x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/commit/e7f22da9c01286a2b0e1e5fbdf3ec9ab3aa128ff x_refsource_MISC