Sierra Wireless ALEOS up to 4.4.8/4.9.4/4.13.x ACENet Service buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sierra Wireless ALEOS up to 4.4.8/4.9.4/4.13.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component ACENet Service. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-11851. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sierra Wireless ALEOS up to 4.4.8/4.9.4/4.13.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component ACENet Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The ACENet service in Sierra Wireless ALEOS before 4.4.9, 4.5.x through 4.9.x before 4.9.5, and 4.10.x through 4.13.x before 4.14.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow.

The weakness was released 12/27/2022 as swi-psa-2021-001. The advisory is available at source.sierrawireless.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-11851 since 05/09/2019. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 4.4.9, 4.9.5 or 4.14.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ALEOS 4.4.9/4.9.5/4.14.0

Timelineinfo

05/09/2019 🔍
12/27/2022 +1328 days 🔍
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04/17/2025 +842 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: swi-psa-2021-001
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-11851 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-11851
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216846

Entryinfo

Created: 12/27/2022 08:54
Updated: 04/17/2025 06:36
Changes: 12/27/2022 08:54 (41), 01/24/2023 17:01 (11), 04/17/2025 06:36 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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