Intel Puma 5/6/7 on Comcast Packet denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Intel Puma 5/6/7 on Comcast. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation as part of Packet leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-15068. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Puma 5/6/7 on Comcast. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of a Packet leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The Intel Puma 5, 6, and 7 chips, as used on various Comcast branded devices, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation) by sending a moderate volume of small packets to many TCP or UDP ports. NOTE: Intel has advised that they are only a hardware manufacturer in this instance; they do NOT own the mitigation distribution channel for these chips. Any details about mitigations would need to come from Comcast.

The bug was discovered 11/29/2016. The weakness was released 10/06/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at badmodems.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-15068 since 10/06/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 311 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-107572, VDB-107573, VDB-107574 and VDB-107575. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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11/29/2016 🔍
10/06/2017 +311 days 🔍
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10/07/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/22/2019 +776 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: badmodems.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-15068 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-15068
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107576
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/07/2017 12:21
Updated: 11/22/2019 19:15
Changes: 10/07/2017 12:21 (42), 11/22/2019 19:15 (2)
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