Fort · Fort · CVE-2024-56375
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Fort versions 1.6.3 through 1.6.4
**Description**
An integer underflow was discovered in Fort, allowing a malicious RPKI repository that descends from a trusted Trust Anchor to serve a Manifest RPKI object containing an empty fileList. This causes Fort to dereference and write to the array during a shuffle attempt, before the validation that would normally reject it when empty, resulting in an out-of-bounds access due to the integer underflow. The surrounding loop iterates infinitely, causing the product to become permanently stuck and nearly guaranteeing a crash.
**Recommendations**
For Fort versions 1.6.3 and 1.6.4, update to version 1.6.5 or later to resolve the issue.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the RPKI repository to minimize the risk of exploitation.