Executive Summary

Summary
Title Solarwinds Dameware Remote Mini Controller Windows service is vulnerable to stack buffer overflow
Informations
Name VU#897144 First vendor Publication 2016-03-17
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2016-04-18
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#897144

Solarwinds Dameware Remote Mini Controller Windows service is vulnerable to stack buffer overflow

Original Release date: 17 Mar 2016 | Last revised: 18 Apr 2016

Overview

The Solarwinds Dameware Remote Mini Controller Windows service is vulnerable to stack buffer overflow.

Description

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow - CVE-2016-2345

Solarwinds Dameware Remote Mini Controller is a software for assisting in remote desktop connections for helpdesk support. According to the reporter, the Solarwinds Dameware Remote Mini Controller Windows service, dwrcs.exe, is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker sending carefully crafted data may be able to obtain private information or execute code. The researcher has published an advisory with more information.

The CERT/CC has not been able to confirm this information with the vendor.

Impact

An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to obtain private information or execute code in the SYSTEM context.

Solution

Apply an update

Solarwinds has released version 12.0.3 to address this issue. Affected users should update as soon as possible.

Restrict Network Access

As a general good security practice, only allow connections from trusted hosts and networks. Please consult for your firewall product's manual for more information.

Vendor Information (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
SOLARWINDSUnknown12 Feb 201612 Feb 2016
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CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

GroupScoreVector
Base6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal5.8E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR
Environmental4.4CDP:ND/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

  • https://www.securifera.com/advisories/CVE-2016-2345
  • http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html

Credit

Thanks to Ryan Wincey for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Garret Wassermann.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs:CVE-2016-2345
  • Date Public:17 Mar 2016
  • Date First Published:17 Mar 2016
  • Date Last Updated:18 Apr 2016
  • Document Revision:33

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Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897144

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

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Date Informations
2016-04-18 21:25:05
  • Multiple Updates
2016-03-22 05:27:45
  • Multiple Updates
2016-03-18 05:25:51
  • Multiple Updates
2016-03-17 21:26:26
  • First insertion