Siemens InsydeH2O Out-of-bounds Write (CVE-2023-22613)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501691

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

An issue was discovered in IhisiSmm in Insyde InsydeH2O with kernel 5.0 through 5.5. It is possible to write to an attacker-controlled address. An attacker could invoke an SMI handler with a malformed pointer in RCX that overlaps SMRAM, resulting in SMM memory corruption.

Insyde BIOS is typically used in RUGGEDCOM APE products and some SIMATIC devices. Please refer to the vendor advisory for a precise list of models concerned.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge

http://www.nessus.org/u?183afa88

https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2023023

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 501691

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 9/26/2023

Updated: 9/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22613

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:insyde:insydeh2o:05.36.37, cpe:/a:insyde:insydeh2o:05.27.37, cpe:/a:insyde:insydeh2o:05.44.45, cpe:/a:insyde:insydeh2o:05.52.45

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22613

CWE: 787