SB2019082106 - Denial of service in Siemens SCALANCE X Switches



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

Medium 100%
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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.