SB2017110303 - Denial of service in Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7



SB2017110303 - Denial of service in Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7

Published: November 3, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017110303
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
  • Low
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14023)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker in the 'administrators' group to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the target DCOM interface and cause the target service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.