Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley MicroLogix Controllers <= 16.00 Nonce Key Pair Reuse

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720126

Synopsis

A "Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption" issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix controllers.

Description

A "Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption" issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 programmable-logic controllers 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BBB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1763-L16DWD, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions and Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 programmable logic controllers 1766-L32AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXBA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1766-L32AWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions. The affected product reuses nonces, which may allow an attacker to capture and replay a valid request until the nonce is changed.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

See Also

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-115-04,http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038546

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 720126

Family: SCADA

Published: 5/8/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7902