SB2020061030 - Denial of service in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series



SB2020061030 - Denial of service in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series

Published: June 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020061030
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13238)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

This vulnerability affects the following MELSEC iQ-R series modules: 

  • R04/08/16/32/120CPU, R04/08/16/32/120ENCPU: Firmware Versions 39 or earlier
  • R00/01/02CPU: Firmware Versions 7 or earlier
  • R08/16/32/120SFCPU: Firmware Versions 20 or earlier
  • R08/16/32/120PCPU: All versions
  • R08/16/32/120PSFCPU: All versions
  • RJ71EN71: All versions


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.