Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value (CVE-2024-42154)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503144

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp_metrics: validate source addr length I don't see anything checking that TCP_METRICS_ATTR_SADDR_IPV4 is at least 4 bytes long, and the policy doesn't have an entry for this attribute at all (neither does it for IPv6 but v6 is manually validated).

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.

See Also

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

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-503939.html

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-072-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 503144

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 3/17/2025

Updated: 3/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42154

CWE: 805

ICSA: 25-072-03