CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-27009

A vulnerability has been identified in Nucleus NET (All versions < V5.2), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules). The DNS domain name record decompression functionality does not properly validate the pointer offset values. 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 : 2022-08-05 05:13

NVD link : CVE-2020-27009

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27009

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787