Null pointer dereference in Siemens products - CVE-2017-11498
Published: January 19, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10113
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11498
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send language pack (ZIP file) with invalid HTML files, trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send language pack (ZIP file) with invalid HTML files, trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On SIPAPER IT MIS
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On SICEMENT IT MIS
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-QUALITY
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN TCP/IP
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN PV02
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN PI
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN IMPORT
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN HOST-S
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN EXPORT
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-MAINT
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-CONTROL
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-ANALYZE
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-AGENT
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PI CONNECT AUDIT TRAIL
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PI CONNECT ALARM
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On Historian CONNECT ALARM
License Management System
Desigo ABT
Annual Shading
Siveillance Identity
SiteIQ Analytics
Desigo XWP
Desigo Configuration Manager
Sentinel License Manager
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On SICEMENT IT MIS
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-QUALITY
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN TCP/IP
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN PV02
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN PI
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN IMPORT
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN HOST-S
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-OPEN EXPORT
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-MAINT
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-CONTROL
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-ANALYZE
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PM-AGENT
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PI CONNECT AUDIT TRAIL
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On PI CONNECT ALARM
SIMATIC WinCC Add-On Historian CONNECT ALARM
License Management System
Desigo ABT
Annual Shading
Siveillance Identity
SiteIQ Analytics
Desigo XWP
Desigo Configuration Manager
Sentinel License Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11498
Install update from vendor's website.