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CVE-2018-16598

An issue was discovered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component. In xProcessReceivedUDPPacket and prvParseDNSReply, any received DNS response is accepted, without confirming it matches a sent DNS request.

Published

2018-12-06T23:29:00.813

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:53:01.807

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-441

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	amazon	amazon_web_services_freertos	≤ 1.3.1	Yes
Application	amazon	freertos	≤ 10.0.1	Yes

References

https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/ Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/ Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)