| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Intel Puma 5/6/7 on Linksys. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation as part of Packet can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-15070. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The application of restrictive firewalling is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Intel Puma 5/6/7 on Linksys. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Packet leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
The Intel Puma 5, 6, and 7 chips, as used on various Linksys 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 Linksys.
The bug was discovered 11/29/2016. The weakness was presented 10/06/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at badmodems.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-15070 since 10/06/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
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.
Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.
See VDB-107572, VDB-107573, VDB-107574 and VDB-107575 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.intel.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/29/2016 🔍10/06/2017 🔍
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11/22/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: intel.comAdvisory: badmodems.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2017-15070 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-15070
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107578
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Entry
Created: 10/07/2017 12:21Updated: 11/22/2019 19:28
Changes: 10/07/2017 12:21 (42), 11/22/2019 19:28 (2)
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