SB2019021224 - Denial of service in Siemens EN100 Ethernet Communication Module and SIPROTEC 5



SB2019021224 - Denial of service in Siemens EN100 Ethernet Communication Module and SIPROTEC 5

Published: February 12, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019021224
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16563)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted packets to Port 102/TCP and cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.