Resource exhaustion in Wonderware ArchestrA Logger - CVE-2017-9627

 

Resource exhaustion in Wonderware ArchestrA Logger - CVE-2017-9627

Published: July 7, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7377
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9627
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: AVEVA Software, LLC.
Affected software:
Wonderware ArchestrA Logger

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The weakness exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption. A remote attacker can use specially crafted input to exhaust the memory resources and cause the system to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-9627

Update to version 2017.517.2328.1.

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