Access of uninitialized pointer in Arena - CVE-2019-13527
Published: September 25, 2019 / Updated: October 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21330
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13527
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted Arena file, which results in the use of a pointer that has not been initialized and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected software
Arena
Amazon Linux AMI
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Opensuse
libgcrypt (Alpine package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Amazon Linux AMI
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Opensuse
libgcrypt (Alpine package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13527
Install updates from vendor's website.
Arena - update to 16.00.01
libgcrypt (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.3-r2
libgcrypt (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.3-r2
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software
- Amazon Linux AMI update for git
- Arch Linux update for git
- Arch Linux update for libgit2
- Red Hat update for git
- OpenSUSE Linux update for git
- Red Hat update for git
- Gentoo update for Git
- OpenSUSE Linux update for git
- Access of uninitialized pointer in libgcrypt (Alpine package)