CVE-2020-17440
mediumpriority · track · 31stack campaign · AMNESIA:33EPSS 0.028 · 86 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in uIP 1.0, as used in Contiki 3.0 and other products. The code that parses incoming DNS packets does not validate that domain names present in the DNS responses have '\0' termination. This results in errors when calculating the offset of the pointer that jumps over domain name bytes in DNS response packets when a name lacks this termination, and eventually leads to dereferencing the pointer at an invalid/arbitrary address, within newdata() and parse_name() in resolv.c.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedFNETcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://yanzi.dev/#/security/advisories/2020-12-08 - FixedNut/Netcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://yanzi.dev/#/security/advisories/2020-12-08 - Fixedopen-iscsicisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://yanzi.dev/#/security/advisories/2020-12-08 - FixedpicoTCP (EOL)cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://yanzi.dev/#/security/advisories/2020-12-08 - FixedpicoTCP-NGcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://yanzi.dev/#/security/advisories/2020-12-08 - FixeduIP (EOL)cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://yanzi.dev/#/security/advisories/2020-12-08 - FixeduIP-Contiki-NGcisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://yanzi.dev/#/security/advisories/2020-12-08 - FixeduIP-Contiki-OS (end-of-life [EOL])cisa_csaf_ot
Additional vendors affected by the reported vulnerabilities have also released security advisories related to their affected products. Those advisories are as follows:
https://yanzi.dev/#/security/advisories/2020-12-08
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (28)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Unify OpenScape Common Management Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:unify:openscape_common_management_platform:-
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-1044TCP/IP Stack: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-12-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in TCP/IP Stack ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Daten einzusehen oder Daten zu manipulieren.
- ICSA-20-343-01Multiple Embedded TCP/IP Stacks2020-12-08icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to corrupt memory, put devices into infinite loops, access unauthorized data, and/or poison DNS cache.
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17440cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.4363/cnnvd
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01enisa_euvd
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128enisa_euvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-343-01Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/815128Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
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