libIEC61850 1.3 goose/goose_publisher.c prepareGooseBuffer memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in libIEC61850 1.3. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function prepareGooseBuffer of the file goose/goose_publisher.c. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-18957. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in libIEC61850 1.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function prepareGooseBuffer of the file goose/goose_publisher.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been found in libIEC61850 v1.3. It is a stack-based buffer overflow in prepareGooseBuffer in goose/goose_publisher.c.

The bug was discovered 11/06/2018. The weakness was disclosed 11/05/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-18957 since 11/05/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (45798). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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libIEC61850

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 83
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18957 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18957
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126467
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2018 08:37
Updated: 12/06/2024 05:20
Changes: 11/06/2018 08:37 (56), 04/10/2020 09:51 (4), 06/04/2023 15:07 (4), 12/06/2024 05:20 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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