Remote code execution in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16522
Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: December 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15434
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16522
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Amazon Web Services
WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems
WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems
Affected software:
FreeRTOS
OpenRTOS
SafeRTOS
FreeRTOS
OpenRTOS
SafeRTOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a flaw within the SOCKETS_SetSockOpt function of the AWS secure sockets module in TCP/IP stack of FreeRTOS. A remote attacker can supply a list of ALPN protocols and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to a flaw within the SOCKETS_SetSockOpt function of the AWS secure sockets module in TCP/IP stack of FreeRTOS. A remote attacker can supply a list of ALPN protocols and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16522
Update the affected software to version 1.3.2.