Is CVE-2016-9054 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-9054 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2016-9054?

Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 26 January 2017.

Is there a fix for CVE-2016-9054?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2016-9054 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

Am I affected by CVE-2016-9054?

Check whether you run Aerospike Database Server or Aerospike Database Server at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2016-9054: Aerospike Database Server stack overflow in querying functionality

CVE-2016-9054 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Published 2017-01-26

Aerospike Database Server is a high-performance NoSQL database used for large-scale web applications. A critical vulnerability in its querying system allows an attacker to take full control of the server by sending a specially crafted network packet. This could lead to the theft of sensitive customer data, complete service disruption, or the use of the server as a foothold for further attacks within the corporate network.

Technologies: Aerospike Database Server. Vendors: Aerospike.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2016-9054 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-9054 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2016-9054?: Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 26 January 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?: Aerospike Database Server 3.10.0.3.
Is there a fix for CVE-2016-9054?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2016-9054 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2016-9054?: Check whether you run Aerospike Database Server or Aerospike Database Server at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A stack-based buffer overflow exists in Aerospike Database Server 3.10.0.3 within the querying functionality. The vulnerability is located in the `as_sindex__simatch_list_by_set_binid` function, which is triggered during the processing of secondary index queries. When the server demarshals a transaction packet, it fails to properly validate the length of the string provided in the `AS_MSG_FIELD_TYPE_SET` field before copying it into a fixed-size stack buffer. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a malicious packet to the database port, leading to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the database process. This vulnerability was identified by Cisco Talos as TALOS-2016-0268.

Affected products

Aerospike Aerospike Database Server 3.10.0.3

Timeline

2016-11-20: disclosed: Vulnerability reported to vendor by Cisco Talos
2017-01-09: advisory: Public advisory released by Cisco Talos
2017-01-26: advisory: NVD publication date

References

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