SB2017051902 - Denial of service in Advantech WebAccess
Published: May 19, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017051902
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7929)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.The weakness exists in the odbcPg4.asp component due to insufficient validation of the path that is used for file operations. A remote attacker can traverse the file system, overwrite files on the targeted system and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.