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Siemens SCALANCE X Industrial Ethernet Switch Multiple Versions Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720017

Synopsis

A buffer overflow exists in the embedded web server on Siemens SCALANCE X Industrial Ethernet switches.

Description

Buffer overflow in the embedded web server on the Siemens Scalance X Industrial Ethernet switch X414-3E before 3.7.1, X308-2M before 3.7.2, X-300EEC before 3.7.2, XR-300 before 3.7.2, and X-300 before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed URL.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

See Also

http://www.siemens.com/corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-130874.pdf,http://osvdb.org/81032,http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-102-04.pdf,https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-12-102-04

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 720017

Family: SCADA

Published: 5/8/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1802