#VU15446 Information disclosure in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16598
Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: December 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15446
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-2018-16598
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 code takes no steps to prevent DNS Poisoning, As any DNS answer the device receives will be parsed fully, without checking if it matches an outgoing DNS query. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and access arbitrary data.
The weakness exists due to code takes no steps to prevent DNS Poisoning, As any DNS answer the device receives will be parsed fully, without checking if it matches an outgoing DNS query. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and access arbitrary data.
Remediation
Update the affected software to version 1.3.2.