Denial of service in Siemens SINAMICS



Published: 2019-08-15 | Updated: 2019-08-22
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-6568
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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SINAMICS SM150
Hardware solutions / Firmware

SINAMICS SM120
Hardware solutions / Firmware

SINAMICS SL150
Hardware solutions / Firmware

SINAMICS GM150
Hardware solutions / Firmware

SINAMICS GL150
Hardware solutions / Firmware

SINAMICS GH150
Hardware solutions / Firmware

Vendor Siemens

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU20359

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6568

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the webserver. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion, perform a denial of service (DoS) attack and restart the webserver of the affected device.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SINAMICS SM150: 4.8

SINAMICS SM120: 4.7 - 4.8

SINAMICS SL150: 4.7 - 4.8

SINAMICS GM150: 4.7 - 4.8

SINAMICS GL150: 4.7 - 4.8

SINAMICS GH150: 4.7 - 4.8

External links

http://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-530931.pdf


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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