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Johnson Controls Metasys and Facility Explorer Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2023-4486)
high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501833
Synopsis
The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.Description
Under certain circumstances, invalid authentication credentials could be sent to the login endpoint of Johnson Controls Metasys NAE55, SNE, and SNC engines prior to versions 11.0.6 and 12.0.4 and Facility Explorer F4-SNC engines prior to versions 11.0.6 and 12.0.4 to cause denial-of-service.This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
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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.Johnson Controls recommends users update the products to the latest versions:
- Update Metasys NAE55 engines to version 11.0.6
- Update Metasys NAE55 engines to version 12.0.4
- Update Metasys SNE engines to version 11.0.6
- Update Metasys SNE engines to version 12.0.4
- Update Metasys SNC engines to version 11.0.6
- Update Metasys SNC engines to version 12.0.4
- Update Facility Explorer F4-SNC engine to version 11.0.6
- Update Facility Explorer F4-SNC engine to version 12.0.4
For more information, contact your local Johnson Controls office or Authorized Building Control Specialists (ABCS).
For more detailed mitigation instructions, please see Johnson Controls Product Security Advisory JCI-PSA-2023-08 v2.
See Also
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-341-03
https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/cyber-solutions/security-advisories
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 501833
Version: 1.5
Type: remote
Family: Tenable.ot
Published: 12/14/2023
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-2023-4486
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:johnsoncontrols:nae55_firmware
Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/JohnsonControls
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-4486