#VU49953 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in OPC UA Tunneller - CVE-2020-27274 

 

#VU49953 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in OPC UA Tunneller - CVE-2020-27274

Published: January 25, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU49953
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2020-27274
CWE-ID: CWE-754
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OPC UA Tunneller
Software vendor:
Honeywell International, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to some parsing functions do not check the return value of malloc and the thread handling the message is forced to close. A remote attacker can cause denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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