Insteon Hub Radio Transmission cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Insteon Hub. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Radio Transmission. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-5251. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Insteon Hub (Network Management Software) (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Radio Transmission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In version 1012 and prior of Insteon's Insteon Hub, the radio transmissions used for communication between the hub and connected devices are not encrypted.

The bug was discovered 09/22/2017. The weakness was published 02/22/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at blog.rapid7.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5251 since 01/09/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 153 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-113698 and VDB-113699. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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01/09/2017 🔍
09/22/2017 +256 days 🔍
02/22/2018 +153 days 🔍
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02/23/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/07/2020 +683 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.rapid7.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-5251 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5251
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113700
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/23/2018 07:49
Updated: 01/07/2020 19:56
Changes: 02/23/2018 07:49 (58), 01/07/2020 19:56 (1)
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