Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx up to 6.11 Port Range heap-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx up to 6.11. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Port Range Handler. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-27251. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx up to 6.11 (Automation Software). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Port Range Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 11/26/2020 as icsa-20-329-01. The advisory is available at us-cert.cisa.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-27251. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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

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Type

• Automation Software

Vendor

• Rockwell Automation

Name

• FactoryTalk Linx

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11

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• commercial

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