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Schneider Electric SCADA Expert ClearSCADA 2013 R1 < 2013 R1.2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8262

Synopsis

A vulnerable version of Schneider Electric SCADA Expert ClearSCADA has been detected.

Description

SCADA Expert ClearSCADA versions 2013 R1, 2013 R1.1, and 2013 R1.1a are affected by a remote denial of service vulnerability due to a flaw in the way SCADA Expert ClearSCADA handles web requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted web request to SCADA Expert ClearSCADA resulting in the application crashing and causing a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to SCADA Expert ClearSCADA version 2013 R1.2 (6.73.4955) or later

See Also

http://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_File_Id=305141944&p_File_Name=SEVD-2013-213-01-ClearSCADA.pdf

http://www2.schneider-electric.com/sites/corporate/en/support/cybersecurity/cyber-security-vulnerabilities-sorted.page

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 8262

Family: SCADA

Published: 5/20/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 70559

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:schneider-electric:scada_expert_clearscada

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2013

Reference Information

BID: 62635