Gemalto ACC hasplms Language Pack memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Gemalto ACC. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component hasplms. Executing a manipulation as part of Language Pack can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-11498. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in Gemalto ACC (version unknown) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component hasplms. The manipulation as part of a Language Pack leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in hasplms in Gemalto ACC (Admin Control Center), all versions ranging from HASP SRM 2.10 to Sentinel LDK 7.50, allows remote attackers to shut down the remote process (a denial of service) via a language pack (ZIP file) with invalid HTML files.

The bug was discovered 01/26/2017. The weakness was presented 10/03/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at ics-cert.kaspersky.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-11498 since 07/20/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 249 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11926 (Gemalto HASP SRM, Sentinel HASP and Sentinel LDK hasplms Service Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 102739†). See VDB-107336, VDB-107337, VDB-107412 and VDB-107413 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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01/26/2017 🔍
07/20/2017 +175 days 🔍
10/02/2017 +74 days 🔍
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01/18/2018 +107 days 🔍
12/30/2022 +1807 days 🔍

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Advisory: ssa-727467
Researcher: Sergey Temnikov, Vladimir Dashchenko
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CVE: CVE-2017-11498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-11498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107338
SecurityFocus: 102739 - Multiple Siemens SIMATIC WinCC Add-On Products Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/03/2017 10:51
Updated: 12/30/2022 14:40
Changes: 10/03/2017 10:51 (61), 11/21/2019 08:51 (5), 01/15/2021 06:44 (3), 12/30/2022 14:40 (2)
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