CVE-2018-16598

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue was discovered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component. In xProcessReceivedUDPPacket and prvParseDNSReply, any received DNS response is accepted, without confirming it matches a sent DNS request.

Se ha descubierto un problema en Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS hasta la versión 1.3.1, FreeRTOS hasta V10.0.1 (con FreeRTOS+TCP) y el componente middleware TCP/IP WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect. En xProcessReceivedUDPPacket y prvParseDNSReply, se acepta cualquier respuesta DNS recibida sin confirmar que coincide con la petición DNS enviada.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-09-06 CVE Reserved
2018-12-06 CVE Published
2024-04-28 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-441: Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-put-wide-range-devices-risk-compromise-smart-homes-critical-infrastructure-systems	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/aws/amazon-freertos/blob/v1.3.2/CHANGELOG.md	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://blog.zimperium.com/freertos-tcpip-stack-vulnerabilities-details	2019-01-04

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Amazon Search vendor "Amazon"		Amazon Web Services Freertos Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Amazon Web Services Freertos"				<= 1.3.1 Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Amazon Web Services Freertos" and version " <= 1.3.1"		-		Affected
Amazon Search vendor "Amazon"		Freertos Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Freertos"				<= 10.0.1 Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Freertos" and version " <= 10.0.1"		-		Affected