Information disclosure in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16601
Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: December 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15443
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16601
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the function prvProcessIPPacket removes the IP options field of an Rx packet if it is present. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and access arbitrary data.
The weakness exists due to the function prvProcessIPPacket removes the IP options field of an Rx packet if it is present. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and access arbitrary data.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16601
Update the affected software to version 1.3.2.