Uncaught exception in Siemens products - CVE-2018-11465

 

Uncaught exception in Siemens products - CVE-2018-11465

Published: December 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16512
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11465
CWE-ID: CWE-248
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to uncaught exception. A local attacker can use ioctl calls to do out of bounds reads, arbitrary writes, or execute arbitrary code in kernel mode.


Affected software

SINUMERIK 808D
SINUMERIK 840D
SINUMERIK 828D

How to mitigate CVE-2018-11465

Update SINUMERIK 828D to version 4.7 SP6 HF1.
Update SINUMERIK 840D to version 4.7 SP6 HF5 or 4.8 SP3.

SINUMERIK 828D - update to 4.7 SP6 HF1
SINUMERIK 840D - addressed in versions 4.7 SP6 HF5, 4.8 SP3

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