PT-2013-5334 · National Instruments · Labwindows/Cvi+1

Published 2013-08-06 · Updated 2013-09-25 · CVE-2013-5023

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions National Instruments LabWindows/CVI versions 2012 SP1 and earlier National Instruments LabVIEW versions 2012 SP1 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering the display of local .chm files through the ActiveX controls in the HelpAsst component in NI Help Links.

Recommendations For National Instruments LabWindows/CVI versions 2012 SP1 and earlier, consider disabling the ActiveX controls in the HelpAsst component as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. For National Instruments LabVIEW versions 2012 SP1 and earlier, consider disabling the ActiveX controls in the HelpAsst component as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-5023

Affected Products

Labview

Labwindows/Cvi

References · 4

• http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/507DEC9DA57A708186257B3600512623?OpenDocument · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5023 · Security Note
• http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/5C87A3AA7300868986257B3600501FE6?OpenDocument · Vendor Advisory
• http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/E6BC4F119D49A97A86257BD3004FE019?OpenDocument · Vendor Advisory