CVE-2020-25928

Summary

CVECVE-2020-25928
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-18 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-28 14:11:00 UTC
DescriptionThe DNS feature in InterNiche NicheStack TCP/IP 4.0.1 is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: execute arbitrary code (remote). The component is: DNS response processing functions: dns_upcall(), getoffset(), dnc_set_answer(). The attack vector is: a specific DNS response packet. The code does not check the "response data length" field of individual DNS answers, which may cause out-of-bounds read/write operations, leading to Information leak, Denial-or-Service, or Remote Code Execution, depending on the context.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hcc-embedded Nichestack Tcp/ip 4.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
New Critical Operational Technology Vulnerabilities Found on NicheStack – Mitigation Advised - Forescout MISC www.forescout.com
VU#608209 - NicheStack embedded TCP/IP has vulnerabilities CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591068 Rockwell Automation Products INFRA:HALT Interniche Multiple Vulnerabilities (PN1575)

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