CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2015-2868 — An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Trane ComfortLink II firmware version 2.0.2 in DSS service
Critical
CVSS 9.8
An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Trane ComfortLink II firmware version 2.0.2 in DSS service. An attacker who can connect to the DSS service on the Trane ComfortLink II device can send an overly long REG request that can overflow a fixed size stack buffer, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.0)
- Published
- 2017-01-06
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
- trane / comfortlink_ii_firmware / 2.0.2
Matched remediation archetype
Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption
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Check exposure
- Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
- Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
- Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.
Remediate safely
- Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
- Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
- Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.
Authoritative sources
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