SB2019060615 - Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in PLCNext AXC F 2152
Published: June 6, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019060615
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10997)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a denial of service condition when PLC service is crashed. An attacker trying to connect to the device using a man-in-the-middle setup may crash the PLC service, so the device must then be rebooted, or the PLC service must be restarted manually via Linux shell.
Vulnerability affects following PLCNext AXC F 2152 products:
- AXC F 2152: article number 2404267
- AXC F 2152: article number 1046568 (Starterkit)
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.