libp2p: Single pre-auth STUN packet terminates `@libp2p/webrtc` WebRTC-direct Node.js listeners
Description
libp2p is a JavaScript implementation of the libp2p networking stack. Prior to 6.0.28, the @libp2p/webrtc webRTCDirect() Node.js listener processes unauthenticated STUN Binding Requests before PeerId authentication, Noise, muxing, protocol negotiation, connection creation, or connection-manager admission. The listener in packages/transport-webrtc/src/private-to-public/utils/stun-listener.ts forwards the packet-controlled request.ufrag into DirectRTCPeerConnection.setLocalDescription, where the value is reused as an ICE password without validating its required length and character set. A short credential causes node-datachannel or libdatachannel to raise an uncaught native invalid_argument and abort the process with SIGABRT, allowing a single remote UDP packet to deny service. The confirmed impact is process termination only, with no demonstrated memory corruption, code execution, browser impact, confidentiality impact, integrity impact, or connection-limit bypass. This issue is fixed in version 6.0.28.
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4- github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/commit/68794c8e2e67d5f38da59e379dc051b2789e46f6mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/pull/3584mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/releases/tag/webrtc-v6.0.28mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-x3m2-6mg8-vj7fmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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