Insecure Firmware Update

CVE-2023-31190

Summary

DroneScout ds230 Remote ID receiver from BlueMark Innovations is affected by an Improper Authentication vulnerability during the firmware update procedure.

Impact

The firmware update procedure ignores and does not check the validity of the TLS certificate of the HTTPS endpoint from which the firmware update package (.tar.bz2 file) is downloaded. An attacker with the ability to put himself in a Man-in-the-Middle situation can trick the DroneScout ds230 to install a crafted malicious firmware update.

Issue Date

July 10, 2023

Affects

The vulnerability affects: DroneScout ds230 from firmware version 20211210-1627 to firmware version 20230329-1042

CVE Name

CVE-2023-31190

CVSS Details

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score

8.1

Solution

Update to firmware version newer than 20230329-1042

Mitigations

Acknowledgements

Nicolò Facchi of Nozomi Networks

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