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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm (CVE-2022-1434)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503044

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

When using the RC4-MD5 ciphersuite, which is disabled by default, an attacker is able to modify data in transit due to an incorrect use of the AAD data as the MAC key in OpenSSL 3.0. An attacker is not able to decrypt any communication.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-953464.pdf

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

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

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: 503044

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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1434

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.0, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.0

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1434

CWE: 327

ICSA: 23-166-11