Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP BIOS Improper Input Validation (CVE-2021-42375)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502953

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

An incorrect handling of a special element in Busybox's ash applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mistaking specific characters for reserved characters. This may be used for DoS under rare conditions of filtered command input.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502953

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/25/2025

Updated: 2/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.1

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/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:/o:siemens:scalance_m804pb_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m816-1_adsl-router_%28annex_a%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m874-3_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m876-4_%28nam%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_s615_eec_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_eec_%28us%29_firmware:2.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum763-1_firmware:2.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum766-1_%28eu%29_firmware:2.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m876-3_%28evdo%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_%28us%29_firmware:2.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m816-1_adsl-router_%28annex_b%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_s615_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:ruggedcom_rm1224_lte%284g%29_eu_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m812-1_adsl-router_%28annex_a%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_%28eu%29_firmware:2.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_mum856-1_%28row%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m812-1_adsl-router_%28annex_b%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_mum853-1_%28eu%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m874-2_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp, cpe:/o:siemens:ruggedcom_rm1224_lte%284g%29_nam_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m876-4_%28eu%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wum766-1_%28us%29_firmware:2.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m826-2_shdsl-router_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_mum856-1_%28eu%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m876-4_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_m876-3_%28rok%29_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam766-1_eec_%28eu%29_firmware:2.0, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_wam763-1_firmware:2.0

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42375

CWE: 20

ICSA: 23-166-10

Detections

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