#VU15445 Out-of-bounds read in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16603
Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: December 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15445
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-2018-16603
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FreeRTOS
OpenRTOS
SafeRTOS
FreeRTOS
OpenRTOS
SafeRTOS
Software vendor:
Amazon Web Services
WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems
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 xProcessReceivedTCPPacket doesn’t validate that the received frame is large enough to contain a TCP header. A remote attacker can send an IP packet with TCP type, but doesn’t include the TCP header to out-of-bounds read and access arbitrary data.
The weakness exists due to xProcessReceivedTCPPacket doesn’t validate that the received frame is large enough to contain a TCP header. A remote attacker can send an IP packet with TCP type, but doesn’t include the TCP header to out-of-bounds read and access arbitrary data.
Remediation
Update the affected software to version 1.3.2.