CVE Vulnerability

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.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.9 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems/ Third Party Advisory
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details/ Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_web_services_freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:freertos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-12-06 11:29

Updated : 2019-01-04 12:00

NVD link : CVE-2018-16598

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16598

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-441