Vulnerability Name:

CCN-116320

Published:2016-08-09
Updated:2016-08-09
Summary:Wind River VxWorks is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by ipdnsc_decode_name(). By sending a specially crafted packet, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the device to crash.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.6 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: CCN
Type: Wind River Web site
VxWorks

Source: CCN
Type: EXODUS INTELLIGENCE Blog, August 9, 2016
VxWorks: Execute My Packets

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vxworks-dns-client-bo(116320)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:windriver:vxworks:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:windriver:vxworks:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:windriver:vxworks:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    windriver vxworks 6.6
    windriver vxworks 6.8
    windriver vxworks 6.9