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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:52:39 -0500
From: Mark Esler <mark.esler@...onical.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Yash Patel <yashpatelphd@...il.com>,
"Dr. Parag H. Rughani" <parag.rughani@...u.ac.in>
Subject: 83 bogus CVEs assigned to Robot Operating System (ROS)
Yash Patel and Dr. Parag Rughani are credited as the discoverers for
eighty-three recent CVEs affecting ROS 2 which the MITRE TL-Root CNA
assigned.
All CVE descriptions are written at a very high, vague, level. No
specifics or evidence has been provided to backup vulnerability claims.
Three CVEs (CVE-2023-33565, CVE-2023-33566, and CVE-2023-33567)
reference the discoverer's 2022 ACM paper "Analyzing Security
Vulnerability and Forensic Investigation of ROS2: A Case Study" [0]. The
more technical portion of this paper was confirmed [1] to be based on a
ROS 2 beginner tutorial [2]. The paper does not attribute ROS 2
documentation.
Some CVEs claim that a security update will be forthcoming from the ROS
2 development team [3]. Privately [4], ROS 2 core developers stated that
they were not contacted and "came to the conclusion that [these CVEs]
were likely not real security vulnerabilities.".
Certain CVEs describe unlikely situations. For instance, CVE-2024-30737
claims: "A critical vulnerability has been identified in ROS Kinetic
Kame, particularly in configurations with ROS_VERSION=1 and
ROS_PYTHON_VERSION=3." [5]. ROS Kinetic Kame supports Python 2, not
Python 3.
Frankly, all descriptions appear to be copy-pasted or generated to
_sound_ like security issues. No evidence has been provided in the ACM
paper or the 83 CVEs to suggest that vulnerabilities actually exist.
CVE revocation requests have been sent to MITRE and CVE descriptions
have been appended with: "NOTE: this is disputed by multiple third
parties who believe there was not reasonable evidence to determine the
existence of a vulnerability."
The CVE IDs are: CVE-2023-33565, CVE-2023-33566, CVE-2023-33567,
CVE-2023-51197, CVE-2023-51198, CVE-2023-51199, CVE-2023-51200,
CVE-2023-51201, CVE-2023-51202, CVE-2023-51204, CVE-2023-51208,
CVE-2024-29439, CVE-2024-29440, CVE-2024-29441, CVE-2024-29442,
CVE-2024-29443, CVE-2024-29444, CVE-2024-29445, CVE-2024-29447,
CVE-2024-29448, CVE-2024-29449, CVE-2024-29450, CVE-2024-29452,
CVE-2024-29454, CVE-2024-29455, CVE-2024-30657, CVE-2024-30658,
CVE-2024-30659, CVE-2024-30661, CVE-2024-30662, CVE-2024-30663,
CVE-2024-30665, CVE-2024-30666, CVE-2024-30667, CVE-2024-30672,
CVE-2024-30674, CVE-2024-30675, CVE-2024-30676, CVE-2024-30678,
CVE-2024-30679, CVE-2024-30680, CVE-2024-30681, CVE-2024-30683,
CVE-2024-30684, CVE-2024-30686, CVE-2024-30687, CVE-2024-30688,
CVE-2024-30690, CVE-2024-30691, CVE-2024-30692, CVE-2024-30694,
CVE-2024-30695, CVE-2024-30696, CVE-2024-30697, CVE-2024-30699,
CVE-2024-30701, CVE-2024-30702, CVE-2024-30703, CVE-2024-30704,
CVE-2024-30706, CVE-2024-30707, CVE-2024-30708, CVE-2024-30710,
CVE-2024-30711, CVE-2024-30712, CVE-2024-30713, CVE-2024-30715,
CVE-2024-30716, CVE-2024-30718, CVE-2024-30719, CVE-2024-30721,
CVE-2024-30722, CVE-2024-30723, CVE-2024-30724, CVE-2024-30726,
CVE-2024-30727, CVE-2024-30728, CVE-2024-30729, CVE-2024-30730,
CVE-2024-30733, CVE-2024-30735, CVE-2024-30736, and CVE-2024-30737
Many thanks to Florencia Cabral Berenfus for her analysis of these claims!
Mark Esler
[0] https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3573910.3573912
[1] https://github.com/yashpatelphd/CVE-2024-30737/issues/1
[2]
https://docs.ros.org/en/foxy/Tutorials/Beginner-Client-Libraries/Writing-A-Simple-Py-Service-And-Client.html
[3] https://github.com/yashpatelphd/CVE-2023-33565
[4] message ID
<CAE6X0kjYCMS4qRYP9Bohx88ue9ReedbPr=FFh+hNs+2RkOGeLg@...l.gmail.com>
[5] https://github.com/yashpatelphd/CVE-2024-30737
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