ABB RTU500 Products Buffer Overflow (CVE-2023-6711)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501852

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Vulnerability exists in SCI IEC 60870-5-104 and HCI IEC 60870-5-104 that affects the RTU500 series product versions listed below.
Specially crafted messages sent to the mentioned components are not validated properly and can result in buffer overflow and as final consequence to a reboot of an RTU500 CMU.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b9d308d7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 501852

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 1/2/2024

Updated: 2/21/2024

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-2023-6711

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:hitachienergy:rtu500_firmware:13, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu500_firmware:13.5.1.0, cpe:/o:hitachienergy:rtu500_firmware:12

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/ABB

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6711

CWE: 120, 20