CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-25928
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125, CWE-787
Description
The 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.
Affected configurations
• hcc-embedded nichestack tcp\/ip 4.0.1
Related
References
- https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/ Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack/ Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource