PT-2018-16879 · Pulse · Pulse Connect Secure+1

Published 2018-01-16 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-5299

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) versions prior to 8.3R4 Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) versions prior to 5.4R4

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the web server of the affected software, potentially leading to memory corruption and remote code execution.

Recommendations For Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) versions prior to 8.3R4, update to version 8.3R4 or later. For Pulse Policy Secure (PPS) versions prior to 5.4R4, update to version 5.4R4 or later.

Fix

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5299

Affected Products

Pulse Connect Secure

Pulse Policy Secure

References · 3

• http://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA43604 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5299 · Security Note