CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-27738

A vulnerability has been identified in Nucleus NET (All versions), Nucleus ReadyStart V3 (All versions < V2017.02.3), Nucleus ReadyStart V4 (All versions < V4.1.0), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules), SIMOTICS CONNECT 400 (All versions < V0.5.0.0). The DNS domain name record decompression functionality does not properly validate the pointer offset values. The parsing of malformed responses could result in a read access past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker with a privileged position in the network could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition.

5.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-705111.pdf Patch Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-669158.pdf Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:siemens:nucleus_net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:nucleus_source_code:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:nucleus_readystart_v3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:nucleus_readystart_v4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-04-22 09:15

Updated : 2022-04-22 07:44

NVD link : CVE-2020-27738

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27738

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-788