SB2022040405 - Remote code execution in General Electric Renewable Energy MDS Radios



SB2022040405 - Remote code execution in General Electric Renewable Energy MDS Radios

Published: April 4, 2022 Updated: February 23, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2022040405
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17562)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the cgiHandler function when CGI is enabled and a CGI program is dynamically linked. A remote attacker can make untrusted HTTP request parameters containing shared object payload in the cgiHandler function in cgi.c, allocate an array of pointers for the envp argument of the new process, initialize the environment of forked CGI scripts and execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.