Denial of service in Siemens SICAM

1) Uncaught exception

EUVDB-ID: #VU17463

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13798

CWE-ID: CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncaught exception. A remote attacker can send specially crafted network packets to Ports 80/TCP or 443/TCP and cause a denial-of-service condition on a web server.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SICAM A8000 CP-8050: All versions

SICAM A8000 CP-802X: All versions

SICAM A8000 CP-8000: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sicam_a8000_cp-8050:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sicam_a8000_cp-802x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sicam_a8000_cp-8000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-579309.pdf

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.