PT-2018-13613 · Wittenstein+1 · Wittenstein Whis Connect Middleware+1

Ori Karliner · Published 2018-12-06 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-16525

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS versions through 1.3.1 FreeRTOS versions up to 10.0.1 WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or leak information due to a Buffer Overflow that occurs during the parsing of DNS/LLMNR packets in the prvParseDNSReply function.

Recommendations For Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS versions through 1.3.1, update to a version later than 1.3.1 to resolve the issue. For FreeRTOS versions up to 10.0.1, update to a version later than 10.0.1 to resolve the issue. For WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16525

Affected Products

Freertos

Wittenstein Whis Connect Middleware

References · 6

• 🔥 https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16525 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16525 · Security Note
• https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md · Note
• https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16525 · Note