CVE-2024-11166
Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II has an External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability
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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.
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Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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