Siemens SCALANCE W700 Double Free (CVE-2023-29469)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502869

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502869

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/24/2025

Updated: 2/25/2025

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: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29469

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wab762-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum766-1_%28me%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum766-1_%28usa%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_eec_%28me%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_%28me%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_et_200sp_cp_1543sp-1_isec_tx_rail_firmware:2.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_eec_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum763-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_cp_1543sp-1_firmware:2.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wub762-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_et_200sp_cp_1543sp-1_isec_firmware:2.3, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam763-1_%28me%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_eec_%28us%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_cp_1542sp-1_irc_firmware:2.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wub762-1_ifeatures_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_cp_1542sp-1_firmware:2.3, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_et_200sp_cp_1542sp-1_irc_tx_rail_firmware:2.3, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam763-1_%28us%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam763-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum766-1_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_%28us%29_firmware:3.0.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum763-1_%28us%29_firmware:3.0.0

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29469

CWE: 415

ICSA: 25-044-09

Detections

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