CVE-2016-20009

Summary

CVECVE-2016-20009
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-11 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:30:00 UTC
Description** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A DNS client stack-based buffer overflow in ipdnsc_decode_name() affects Wind River VxWorks 6.5 through 7. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Siemens Sgt-100 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Sgt-100 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Sgt-200 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Sgt-200 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Sgt-300 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Sgt-300 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Sgt-400 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Sgt-400 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Sgt-a20 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Sgt-a20 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Sgt-a35 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Sgt-a35 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Siemens Sgt-a65 - All All All
Operating System Siemens Sgt-a65 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Windriver Vxworks All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VxWorks: Execute My Packets | Exodus Intelligence MISC blog.exodusintel.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-553445.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590759 Siemens Energy AGT and SGT Solutions Vulnerability (ICSA-21-222-06)
  • 591039 Rockwell Automation Multiple Products Domain Name System (DNS) Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (PN1564)
  • 730368 Wind River VxWorks Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability

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