Insteon Hub up to 1012 PubNub Service HTTP Request memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Insteon Hub up to 1012. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PubNub Service. Executing a manipulation as part of HTTP Request can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-16252. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The application of restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Insteon Hub up to 1012 (Network Management Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component PubNub Service. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request 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:

Specially crafted commands sent through the PubNub service in Insteon Hub 2245-222 with firmware version 1012 can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker should send an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.At 0x9d014cc0 the value for the cmd key is copied using strcpy to the buffer at $sp+0x11c. This buffer is 20 bytes large, sending anything longer will cause a buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 06/19/2018. The weakness was published 08/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-16252 since 10/30/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for 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 48 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Timelineinfo

10/30/2017 🔍
06/19/2018 +231 days 🔍
08/06/2018 +47 days 🔍
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08/07/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/01/2023 +1728 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: talosintelligence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-16252 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16252
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122650
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2018 07:16
Updated: 05/01/2023 08:19
Changes: 08/07/2018 07:16 (60), 03/13/2020 16:26 (1), 05/01/2023 08:19 (14)
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