CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-15795

A vulnerability has been identified in Nucleus NET (All versions < V5.2), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules). The DNS domain name label parsing functionality does not properly validate the names in DNS-responses. The parsing of malformed responses could result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker with a privileged position in the network could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process or cause a denial-of-service condition.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-185699.pdf Vendor Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-103-04 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:siemens:nucleus_net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:nucleus_source_code:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-04-22 09:15

Updated : 2022-04-29 01:52

NVD link : CVE-2020-15795

Mitre link : CVE-2020-15795

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787