CVE-2024-11166

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II has an External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Jan 22, 2025
Updated
Feb 12, 2025
Reserved
Nov 12, 2024

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Description

For TCAS II systems using transponders compliant with MOPS earlier than RTCA DO-181F, an attacker can impersonate a ground station and issue a Comm-A Identity Request. This action can set the Sensitivity Level Control (SLC) to the lowest setting and disable the Resolution Advisory (RA), leading to a denial-of-service condition.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nicscert

Weaknesses

  • CWE-15 External Control of System or Configuration Setting

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Collision Avoidance SystemsTraffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II
  • 7.1Affected

References

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