7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
65.2%
According to its self-reported version, the remote device is Wind River VxWorks and it’s affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks through 6.8. There is a possible stack overflow in dhcp server.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the OS version.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(154458);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/10/29");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-29999");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0504");
script_name(english:"Wind River VxWorks <= 6.8 RCE");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote VxWorks device is potentially affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, the remote device is Wind River VxWorks and it's affected by a remote code
execution vulnerability. An issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks through 6.8. There is a possible stack overflow
in dhcp server.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the OS version.");
# https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve&on=view&id=CVE-2021-29999
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6e16c9ca");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Contact the device vendor to obtain the appropriate update.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-29999");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/04/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/04/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/10/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:windriver:vxworks");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("windriver_vxworks_rtos_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("Host/VxWorks");
exit(0);
}
get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/VxWorks');
var version = get_kb_item('Host/VxWorks/version');
if (empty_or_null(version))
version = 'unknown';
var vuln = FALSE;
if (version != 'unknown')
{
vuln = ver_compare(ver:version, fix:'6.8', strict:FALSE) <= 0;
}
else if (report_paranoia >= 2)
{
# if we cannot tell the version but the check is paranoid, report
vuln = TRUE;
}
if (vuln)
{
var report =
'\n Version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed Version : See vendor advisory' +
'\n';
security_report_v4(port:0, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:report);
}
else if (version == 'unknown') audit(AUDIT_POTENTIAL_VULN, 'VxWorks');
else audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, 'VxWorks', version);
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
65.2%