Schneider Electric Modicon Ethernet Serial RTU Improper Check For Unusual or Exceptional Conditions (CVE-2019-6813)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500204

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in BMXNOR0200H Ethernet / Serial RTU module (all firmware versions) and Modicon M340 controller (all firmware versions), which could cause denial of service when truncated SNMP packets on port 161/UDP are received by the device.

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Solution

The following text was originally created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The original can be found at CISA.gov.

Schneider Electric recommends users set up network segmentation and implement a firewall to block all unauthorized access to Port 2404/TCP and SNMP Port 161/UDP.

For more information, see the Schneider Electric security notification.

See Also

https://security.cse.iitk.ac.in/responsible-disclosure

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-044-01

http://www.nessus.org/u?27c6c3db

http://www.nessus.org/u?d9d1e4db

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500204

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 9/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6813

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_bmxnor0200h_firmware:-

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6813

CWE: 754

ICSA: 20-044-01