Deserialization of Untrusted Data in N6854A Geolocation server - CVE-2023-1399

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in N6854A Geolocation server - CVE-2023-1399

Published: May 2, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75644
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1399
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Keysight Technologies
Affected software:
N6854A Geolocation server

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the LAHttpInvokerServiceExporter class. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-1399

Install updates from vendor's website.

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