Meinberg LANTIME firmware update for third-party components (April 2024)

1) Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch

EUVDB-ID: #VU87852

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2466

CWE-ID: CWE-297 - Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to libcurl does not check the server certificate of TLS connections done to a host specified as an IP address, when built to use mbedTLS. A remote attacker force the application to completely skip the certificate check and perform MitM attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

EUVDB-ID: #VU87850

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2398

CWE-ID: CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when sending HTTP/2 server push responses with an overly large number of headers. A remote attacker can send PUSH_PROMISE frames with an excessive amount of headers to the application, trigger memory leak and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Improper Certificate Validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU87848

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2379

CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation for a QUIC connection under certain conditions, when built to use wolfSSL. A remote attacker can force the application to ignore the certificate and perform MitM attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the used wolfSSL library was built with the OPENSSL_COMPATIBLE_DEFAULTS symbol set, which is not set for the recommended configure --enable-curl builds.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87846

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2004

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when a protocol selection parameter option disables all protocols without adding any. As a result, the default set of protocols would remain in the allowed set due to an error in the logic for removing protocols.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU85552

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22365

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in pam_namespace. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Cryptographic issues

EUVDB-ID: #VU87671

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28834

CWE-ID: CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a side-channel attack when using the gnutls_privkey_sign_data2 API function with the "GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_FLAG_REPRODUCIBLE" flag. A remote attacker can launch Minerva attack and gain access to sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87672

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28835

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing the cert_list_size parameter in the gnutls_x509_trust_list_verify_crt2() function in certtool. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PEM encoded certificate chain that contains more than 16 certificates to the certtool and crash it.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU80801

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4641

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in gpasswd(1), which fails to clean memory properly. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. A local user with enough access can retrieve the password from the memory.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU86052

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25062

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in xmlValidatePopElement when using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML document to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

10) XML Entity Expansion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86231

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52426

CWE-ID: CWE-776 - Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

11) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86230

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52425

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing large tokens. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS): 7.00.001 - 7.08.009

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/news/meinberg-security-advisory-mbgsa-2024-03-lantime-firmware-v7-08-010.htm

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	11
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-2466 CVE-2024-2398 CVE-2024-2379 CVE-2024-2004 CVE-2024-22365 CVE-2024-28834 CVE-2024-28835 CVE-2023-4641 CVE-2024-25062 CVE-2023-52426 CVE-2023-52425
CWE-ID	CWE-297 CWE-772 CWE-295 CWE-20 CWE-400 CWE-310 CWE-200 CWE-416 CWE-776
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS) Hardware solutions / Firmware
Vendor	Meinberg