SB2019070307 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric Modicon Controllers
Published: July 3, 2019 Updated: October 3, 2019
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6819)
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7845)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when reading specific memory blocks in the controller over Modbus. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
3) Uncaught Exception (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6830)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the target system.The vulnerability exists due to uncaught exception vulnerability when sending an appropriately timed HTTP request to the controller. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition.
4) Uncaught Exception (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7852)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the target system.The vulnerability exists due to uncaught exception vulnerability when an invalid private command parameter is sent to the controller over Modbus. A remote attacker can cause a
denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-183-01
- https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-05/
- https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0745
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0763