SuiteLink Service slssvc.exe denial of service
| suitelinkservice-slssvc-dos (42221) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
SuiteLink Service, as used in multiple Wonderware products, is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in slssvc.exe. By sending an overly long Registration packet to TCP port 5413, a remote attacker could crash the service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SuiteLink (2.0 Patch 01 or later), available from the Wonderware Web site. See References.
References:
- CORE-2008-0129: Wonderware SuiteLink Denial of Service vulnerability.
- Wonderware Web site: Home.
- BID-28974: Wonderware SuiteLink 'slssvc.exe' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2005: The SuiteLink Service (aka slssvc.exe) in WonderWare SuiteLink before 2.0 Patch 01, as used in WonderWare InTouch 8.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and service shutdown) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large length value in a Registration packet to TCP port 5413, which causes a memory allocation failure.
- SA30063: Invensys Wonderware InTouch SuiteLink Service Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1019966: Wonderware SuiteLink Service Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- US-CERT VU#596268: Wonderware SuiteLink null pointer dereference
Platforms Affected:
- WonderWare InTouch 8.0
- WonderWare SuiteLink 2.0
Reported:
May 05, 2008
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