CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-7599
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Description
Integer overflow in the _authenticate function in svc_auth.c in Wind River VxWorks 5.5 through 6.9.4.1, when the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a username and password.
Affected configurations
• windriver vxworks (<= 6.9.4.1)
• windriver vxworks 5.5
• windriver vxworks 6.4
• windriver vxworks 6.7
• windriver vxworks 6.8
• windriver vxworks 6.9
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
References
- http://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2015/09/wind-river-vxworks-updateclarification.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79205 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/cve-2015-7599-vxworks-vulnerability-impacting-netapp-e-series-products?language=en_US Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20151029-0001/ security.netapp.com
- https://www.syscan360.org/slides/2015_EN_AttackingVxWorksFromstoneagetointerstellar_Eric_Yannick.pdf Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2015/09/wind-river-vxworks-updateclarification.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79205 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/cve-2015-7599-vxworks-vulnerability-impacting-netapp-e-series-products?language=en_US Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20151029-0001/ security.netapp.com
- https://www.syscan360.org/slides/2015_EN_AttackingVxWorksFromstoneagetointerstellar_Eric_Yannick.pdf Technical Description, Third Party Advisory