Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS prvProcessICMPPacket ICMP Packet information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS, FreeRTOS and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect Middleware (Middleware). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function prvProcessICMPPacket. The manipulation as part of a ICMP Packet leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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 allow information disclosure during parsing of ICMP packets in prvProcessICMPPacket.

The bug was discovered 10/18/2018. The weakness was shared 12/06/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-16527 since 09/05/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 49 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 127642, 127643, 127645 and 127639 are related to this item.

Affected

Amazon Web Services FreeRTOS up to 1.3.1
FreeRTOS up to 10.0.1
WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect Middleware

Productinfo

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Middleware

Name

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/05/2018 🔍
10/18/2018 +43 days 🔍
12/06/2018 +49 days 🔍
12/06/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/07/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/18/2020 +498 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-16527 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/07/2018 07:57
Updated: 04/18/2020 16:46
Changes: 12/07/2018 07:57 (60), 04/18/2020 16:46 (2)
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