PT-2018-13638 · Amazon Web Services+1 · Freertos+1

Ori Karliner + 1 · Published 2018-12-06 · Updated 2019-01-04 · CVE-2018-16599

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS versions through 1.3.1 FreeRTOS versions up to V10.0.1 WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to out of bounds memory access during the parsing of NBNS packets in the prvTreatNBNS function, which can be used for information disclosure.

Recommendations For Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS versions through 1.3.1, update to a version later than 1.3.1. For FreeRTOS versions up to V10.0.1, update to a version later than V10.0.1. 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

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16599

Affected Products

Freertos

Wittenstein Whis Connect Middleware

References · 6

• 🔥 https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16599 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16599 · 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-2018-16599 · Note