Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices Improper Input Validation (CVE-2015-6563)

low Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503091

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The monitor component in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.0 on non-OpenBSD platforms accepts extraneous username data in MONITOR_REQ_PAM_INIT_CTX requests, which allows local users to conduct impersonation attacks by leveraging any SSH login access in conjunction with control of the sshd uid to send a crafted MONITOR_REQ_PWNAM request, related to monitor.c and monitor_wrap.c.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 503091

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 3/13/2025

Updated: 3/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_%28hsr%29_firmware:3.2.7, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_eec_%28prp%29_firmware:3.2.7, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_eec_%28prp%2fhsr%29_firmware:3.2.7, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_%28prp%29_firmware:3.2.7, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_eec_%28hsr%29_firmware:3.2.7

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6563

CWE: 20

ICSA: 22-349-21

Detections

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