FactoryTalk Linx up to 6.11 Address Space Layout Randomization heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in FactoryTalk Linx up to 6.11. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Address Space Layout Randomization. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-27255. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in FactoryTalk Linx up to 6.11. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Address Space Layout Randomization. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 11/26/2020 as icsa-20-329-01. The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.cisa.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-27255. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly 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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• FactoryTalk Linx

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• 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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