SB2019082106 - Denial of service in Siemens SCALANCE X Switches
Published: August 21, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019082106
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
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) Insufficient Resource Pool (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10942)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the device's resource pool is not large enough to handle peak demand. A remote attacker can send large message packages repeatedly to the telnet service and cause a denial of service condition.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.