Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-2022-42895)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503026

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

There is an infoleak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req function which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely. We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435 a732b4e62ba3157a2e

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-794697.pdf

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109827684/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-166-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 503026

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/25/2025

Updated: 2/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42895

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42895

CWE: 824

ICSA: 23-166-11