#VU15443 Information disclosure in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16601

 

#VU15443 Information disclosure in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16601

Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: December 11, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15443
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-16601
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FreeRTOS
OpenRTOS
SafeRTOS
Software vendor:
Amazon Web Services
WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the function prvProcessIPPacket removes the IP options field of an Rx packet if it is present. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and access arbitrary data.

Remediation

Update the affected software to version 1.3.2.

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