SB2020040608 - Denial of service in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-F, Q, L and F series
Published: April 6, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020040608
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5527)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management. A remote attacker can send large amounts of data to the MELSOFT transmission port, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.