VDB-95052 · CVE-2015-2868 · BID 95118

Trane ComfortLink II 2.0.2 DSS Service REG Request memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Trane ComfortLink II 2.0.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DSS Service. The manipulation as part of REG Request results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2015-2868. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Trane ComfortLink II 2.0.2. Affected is some unknown processing of the component DSS Service. The manipulation as part of a REG Request leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Trane ComfortLink II firmware version 2.0.2 in DSS service. An attacker who can connect to the DSS service on the Trane ComfortLink II device can send an overly long REG request that can overflow a fixed size stack buffer, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 02/08/2016. The weakness was disclosed 01/06/2017 by Matt with Cisco Talos (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-2868 since 04/03/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 333 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 95118†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

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Timelineinfo

04/03/2015 🔍
02/08/2016 +311 days 🔍
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01/06/2017 +333 days 🔍
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01/07/2017 +1 days 🔍
04/20/2025 +3025 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Matt
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-2868 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2868
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95052
SecurityFocus: 95118 - Trane ComfortLink II CVE-2015-2868 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2015-2868 - Trane - ComfortLink - Buffer Overflow Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 01/07/2017 12:48
Updated: 04/20/2025 04:06
Changes: 01/07/2017 12:48 (57), 07/15/2020 12:12 (9), 04/20/2025 04:06 (16)
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