CVE-2020-27009 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-27009

A vulnerability has been identified in APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet)...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability has been identified in APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet) (All versions < V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet) (All versions < V2.8.20), APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet) (All versions < V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Modular (P2 Ethernet) (All versions < V2.8.20), Nucleus NET (All versions < V5.2), Nucleus Source Code (Versions including affected DNS modules), TALON TC Compact (BACnet) (All versions < V3.5.5), TALON TC Modular (BACnet) (All versions < V3.5.5). The DNS domain name record decompression functionality does not properly validate the pointer offset values. The parsing of malformed responses could result in a write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker with a privileged position in the network could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process or cause a denial-of-service condition.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet), APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet), APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet), APOGEE PXC Modular (P2 Ethernet), Nucleus NET, Nucleus Source Code, TALON TC Compact (BACnet), TALON TC Modular (BACnet)
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions < V3.5.5, All versions < V2.8.20, All versions < V5.2, Versions including affected DNS modules

Timeline

Official Publish: April 22nd, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-823

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.