Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 Denial of Service (CVE-2015-2177)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500088

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 CPU devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (defect-mode transition) via crafted packets on (1) TCP port 102 or (2) Profibus.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?39c2bfbe

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032040

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72973

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-064-04

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44802/

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-987029.pdf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500088

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 9/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:siemens:simatic_s7-300_cpu:-, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-300_cpu_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2177

CWE: 20

ICSA: 15-064-04