CVE-2016-8365 Denial of service in PI System software
A local attacker can cause a denial of service in OSIsoft PI System software by exploiting incomplete endpoint feature models.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8365?
CVE-2016-8365 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in OSIsoft PI System software, published on 3 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OSIsoft PI System software (Applications using PI Asset Framework (AF) Client versions prior to PI AF Client 2016, Version 2.8.0; Applications using PI Software Development Kit (SDK) versions prior to PI SDK 2016, Version 1.4.6; PI Buffer Subsystem, versions prior to and including, Version 4.4; and PI Data Archive versions prior to PI Data Archive 2015, Version 3.4.395.64) operates between endpoints without a complete model of endpoint features potentially causing the product to perform actions based on this incomplete model, which could result in a denial of service. OSIsoft reports that in order to exploit the vulnerability an attacker would need to be locally connected to a server. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8365?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Osisoft Pi Af Client, Osisoft Pi Buffer Subsystem, Osisoft Pi Data Archive, Osisoft Pi Sdk.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8365?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8365 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-8365 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8365 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ffjx-jhfg-r39p.