Schneider Electric Modicon Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions (CVE-2020-7543)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500496

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists in Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Legacy Controllers Modicon Quantum & Modicon Premium (see security notifications for affected versions), that could cause denial of service when a specially crafted Read Physical Memory request over Modbus is sent to the controller.
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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-343-08/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500496

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 4/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7543

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_m580_bmep584040_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_bmep582040_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_bmep586040_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_bmep585040_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_bmep582020_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_bmep581020_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_bmep584020_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_bmep583040_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_bmep583020_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:bmxp341000_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:bmxp342000_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:bmxp3420102_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:bmxp3420102cl_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:bmxp342020_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:bmxp3420302_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:bmxp3420302cl_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7543

CWE: 754