Rockwell Automation Stratix Ethernet Switches < 15.3 IOS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 720280

Synopsis

Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley Stratix Ethernet Switches &lt; 15.3 IOS may be be exploitable remotely by sending invalid data to Cisco Network Plug and Play agent, which could cause a memory leak and the device reload.

Description

Successful exploitation of Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Stratix Ethernet Switches < 15.3 IOS could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a memory leak on an affected device, which may cause the device to reload.

Solution

Perform vendor recommended mitigations and apply available vendor upgrades.

See Also

https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/ICSA-19-094-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 720280

Family: SCADA

Published: 8/19/2019

Updated: 9/30/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15377