Gemalto Sentinel LDK RTE up to 7.64 XML Parser memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Gemalto Sentinel LDK RTE up to 7.64. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component XML Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6304. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Gemalto Sentinel LDK RTE up to 7.64 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component XML Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack overflow in custom XML-parser in Gemalto's Sentinel LDK RTE version before 7.65 leads to remote denial of service

The bug was discovered 03/09/2018. The weakness was shared 03/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6304 since 01/25/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 7.65 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-114485 and VDB-117332 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Gemalto

Name

• Sentinel LDK RTE

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9
• 7.10
• 7.11
• 7.12
• 7.13
• 7.14
• 7.15
• 7.16
• 7.17
• 7.18
• 7.19
• 7.20
• 7.21
• 7.22
• 7.23
• 7.24
• 7.25
• 7.26
• 7.27
• 7.28
• 7.29
• 7.30
• 7.31
• 7.32
• 7.33
• 7.34
• 7.35
• 7.36
• 7.37
• 7.38
• 7.39
• 7.40
• 7.41
• 7.42
• 7.43
• 7.44
• 7.45
• 7.46
• 7.47
• 7.48
• 7.49
• 7.50
• 7.51
• 7.52
• 7.53
• 7.54
• 7.55
• 7.56
• 7.57
• 7.58
• 7.59
• 7.60
• 7.61
• 7.62
• 7.63
• 7.64

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