CVE-2015-7599
high
CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
88%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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References
- http://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2015/09/wind-river-vxworks-updateclarification.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79205
- https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/cve-2015-7599-vxworks-vulnerability-impacting-netapp-e-series-products?language=en_US
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20151029-0001/
- https://www.syscan360.org/slides/2015_EN_AttackingVxWorksFromstoneagetointerstellar_Eric_Yannick.pdf
- http://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2015/09/wind-river-vxworks-updateclarification.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79205
- https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/cve-2015-7599-vxworks-vulnerability-impacting-netapp-e-series-products?language=en_US
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20151029-0001/
- https://www.syscan360.org/slides/2015_EN_AttackingVxWorksFromstoneagetointerstellar_Eric_Yannick.pdf
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.