PT-2018-13642 · Amazon Web Services+1 · Freertos+1

Ori Karliner + 1 · Published 2018-12-06 · Updated 2019-01-03 · CVE-2018-16603

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 10.0.1 WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue in the affected software allows out of bounds access to TCP source and destination port fields in the xProcessReceivedTCPPacket function, potentially leaking data back to an attacker.

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 10.0.1, update to a version later than 10.0.1. 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 issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16603

Affected Products

Freertos

Wittenstein Whis Connect Middleware

References · 6

• 🔥 https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16603 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16603 · Security Note
• https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16603 · Note
• https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems · Note