An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs for zalloc (adding one to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc of zero and resultant memory overwrite.

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According to the versions of the uboot-tools packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs for zalloc (adding one     to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc     of zero and resultant memory overwrite.(CVE-2024-57256)

    Integer overflows in memory allocation in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occur for a crafted squashfs     filesystem via sbrk, via request2size, or because ptrdiff_t is mishandled on x86_64.(CVE-2024-57258)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS uboot-tools security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-669607 advisory.

    An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs for zalloc (adding one     to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc     of zero and resultant memory overwrite.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0755-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-57256: integer overflow in U-Boot's ext4 symlink resolution function (bsc#1237284).
    - CVE-2024-57258: multiple integer overflows in U-Boot's memory allocator (bsc#1237287).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0989-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-57256: integer overflow in U-Boot's ext4 symlink resolution function (bsc#1237284).
    - CVE-2024-57258: multiple integer overflows in U-Boot's memory allocator (bsc#1237287).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-a3561bfc13 advisory.

    Update to 2025.04 GA

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    Update to 2025.04 RC5

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4150 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4150-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                       Daniel Leidert     May 01, 2025                                  https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : u-boot     Version        : 2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2019-14196 CVE-2022-2347 CVE-2022-30552 CVE-2022-30767                      CVE-2022-30790 CVE-2022-33103 CVE-2022-33967 CVE-2022-34835                      CVE-2024-57254 CVE-2024-57255 CVE-2024-57256 CVE-2024-57257                      CVE-2024-57258 CVE-2024-57259     Debian Bug     : 1014470 1014471 1014528 1014529 1014959 1098254


    Multiple vulnerabilties were discovered in u-boot, a boot loader for     embedded systems.

    CVE-2022-2347

       An unchecked length field leading to a heap overflow.

    CVE-2022-30552 and CVE-2022-30790

       Buffer Overflow.

    CVE-2022-30767 (CVE-2019-14196)

       Unbounded memcpy with a failed length check, leading to a buffer        overflow. This issue exists due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2019-        14196.

    CVE-2022-33103

       Out-of-bounds write.

    CVE-2022-33967

       Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability which may lead to a denial-        of-service (DoS).

    CVE-2022-34835

       Integer signedness error and resultant stack-based buffer overflow.

    CVE-2024-57254

       Integer overflow.

    CVE-2024-57255

       Integer overflow.

    CVE-2024-57256

       Integer overflow.

    CVE-2024-57257

       Stack consumption issue.

    CVE-2024-57258

       Multiple integer overflows.

    CVE-2024-57259

       Off-by-one error resulting in heap memory corruption.


    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your u-boot packages.

    For the detailed security status of u-boot please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/u-boot

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the uboot-tools package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs for zalloc (adding one     to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc     of zero and resultant memory overwrite.(CVE-2024-57256)

    Integer overflows in memory allocation in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occur for a crafted squashfs     filesystem via sbrk, via request2size, or because ptrdiff_t is mishandled on x86_64.(CVE-2024-57258)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS uboot-tools security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An integer overflow in ext4fs_read_symlink in Das U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1 occurs for zalloc (adding one     to an le32 variable) via a crafted ext4 filesystem with an inode size of 0xffffffff, resulting in a malloc     of zero and resultant memory overwrite. (CVE-2024-57256)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8056-1 advisory.

    Simon Diepold discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled certain DHCP responses. An attacker on the local     network could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive memory contents. (CVE-2024-42040)

    It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled symlink size calculations in squashfs file systems. An     attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted squashfs file system to cause U-Boot to crash,     resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-57254)

    It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled inode size calculations in squashfs file systems. An     attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted squashfs file system to cause U-Boot to crash,     resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-57255)

    It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled inode size calculations in EXT4 file systems. An     attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted EXT4 file system to cause U-Boot to crash,     resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-57256)

    It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled deep symlink nesting in squashfs file systems. An     attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted squashfs file system to cause U-Boot to     crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-57257)

    It was discovered that U-Boot incorrectly handled memory allocation in squashfs file systems. An attacker     could use this issue with a specially crafted squashfs file system to cause U-Boot to crash, resulting in     a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-57258)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
505479	Siemens RuggedCom Rox Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CVE-2024-57256)	Tenable OT Security	Tenable.ot	6/18/2026	7/17/2026	medium
235741	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : uboot-tools (EulerOS-SA-2025-1541)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/12/2025	5/12/2025	high
267018	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: uboot-tools (UTSA-2025-669607)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	10/7/2025	10/10/2025	medium
216981	openSUSE 15 Security Update : u-boot (SUSE-SU-2025:0755-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/1/2025	10/2/2025	high
233310	SUSE SLED15: u-boot-avnetultra96rev1 / u-boot-avnetultra96rev1-doc / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:0989-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/25/2025	6/26/2026	high
237952	Fedora 42 : uboot-tools (2025-a3561bfc13)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	6/8/2025	6/8/2025	high
235044	Debian dla-4150 : u-boot - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	5/1/2025	5/7/2025	critical
235757	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : uboot-tools (EulerOS-SA-2025-1540)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/12/2025	5/12/2025	high
243797	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-57256	Nessus	Misc.	8/5/2025	2/24/2026	medium
299808	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : U-Boot vulnerabilities (USN-8056-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	2/23/2026	2/23/2026	high

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