Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 PLCs 2.x and 3.x SNMP Port DOS

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720188

Synopsis

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 PLCs allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted packets to UDP port 161.

Description

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 PLCs 2.x and 3.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (defect-mode transition and control outage) via crafted packets to UDP port 161 (aka the SNMP port).

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-724606.pdf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 720188

Family: SCADA

Published: 5/8/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: 12/20/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2780