SB2018051125 - Denial of service in Rockwell Automation Arena
Published: May 11, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018051125
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8843)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to use-after-free error. A local attacker can process specially crafted Arena Simulation Software files, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash potentially losing any unsaved data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.