Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-2019-1552)

low Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503090

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

OpenSSL has internal defaults for a directory tree where it can find a configuration file as well as certificates used for verification in TLS. This directory is most commonly referred to as OPENSSLDIR, and is configurable with the --prefix / --openssldir configuration options.
For OpenSSL versions 1.1.0 and 1.1.1, the mingw configuration targets assume that resulting programs and libraries are installed in a Unix- like environment and the default prefix for program installation as well as for OPENSSLDIR should be '/usr/local'. However, mingw programs are Windows programs, and as such, find themselves looking at sub- directories of 'C:/usr/local', which may be world writable, which enables untrusted users to modify OpenSSL's default configuration, insert CA certificates, modify (or even replace) existing engine modules, etc. For OpenSSL 1.0.2, '/usr/local/ssl' is used as default for OPENSSLDIR on all Unix and Windows targets, including Visual C builds. However, some build instructions for the diverse Windows targets on 1.0.2 encourage you to specify your own --prefix. OpenSSL versions 1.1.1, 1.1.0 and 1.0.2 are affected by this issue. Due to the limited scope of affected deployments this has been assessed as low severity and therefore we are not creating new releases at this time.
Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1d (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1c). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0l (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0k). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2t (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2s).

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109814809/

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-349-21

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 503090

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 3/13/2025

Updated: 3/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_%28hsr%29_firmware:3.2.7, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_eec_%28prp%29_firmware:3.2.7, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_eec_%28prp%2fhsr%29_firmware:3.2.7, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_%28prp%29_firmware:3.2.7, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_eec_%28hsr%29_firmware:3.2.7

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1552

CWE: 295

ICSA: 22-349-21