Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices Resource Management Errors (CVE-2016-8858)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503093

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

** DISPUTED ** The kex_input_kexinit function in kex.c in OpenSSH 6.x and 7.x through 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many duplicate KEXINIT requests. NOTE: a third party reports that OpenSSH upstream does not consider this as a security issue.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 503093

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: 4.4

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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: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-2016-8858

CWE: 399

ICSA: 22-349-21

Detections

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