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Honeywell Midas Gas Detectors Path Cleartext Transmission

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720074

Synopsis

Honeywell Midas and Midas Black gas detectors transmit passwords in the clear.

Description

Honeywell Midas gas detectors before 1.13b3 and Midas Black gas detectors before 2.13b3 allow remote attackers to discover cleartext passwords by sniffing the network.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

See Also

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-309-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 720074

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: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7908