Out-of-bounds read in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16602
Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: December 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15444
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-2018-16602
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 prvProcessDHCPReplies function doesn’t validate that a packet is large enough to be a valid DHCP packet. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read and access arbitrary data.
The weakness exists due to prvProcessDHCPReplies function doesn’t validate that a packet is large enough to be a valid DHCP packet. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read and access arbitrary data.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16602
Update the affected software to version 1.3.2.