Resource exhaustion in Siemens products - CVE-2019-19300

 

Resource exhaustion in Siemens products - CVE-2019-19300

Published: April 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26965
CSH Severity: Medium
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-2019-19300
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to the Interniche-based TCP stack can be forced to make resource intense calls for every incoming packet. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

SIDOOR ATD430W
SINAMICS S/G Control Unit w. PROFINET
SIMATIC TDC CPU555
SIMATIC MICRO-DRIVE PDC
SIMATIC ET200SP IM155-6 PN/3 HF
SIMATIC ET200SP IM155-6 PN/2 HF
SIMATIC ET200SP IM155-6 PN HA
SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC
SIMATIC ET200SP IM155-6 MF HF
SIDOOR ATE531S
SIDOOR ATE530S COATED
KTK ATE530S
SIMATIC WinAC RTX (F) 2010
SIMATIC S7-410
SIMATIC S7-300
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU
SIMATIC PN/PN Coupler
SIMATIC ET200SP IM155-6 PN HF
SIMATIC ET200MP IM155-5 PN HF
SIMATIC TDC CP51M1
SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V6
SIMATIC S7-400 PN/DP V7
SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller
SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC2

How to mitigate CVE-2019-19300

Install updates from vendor's website.

SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller - addressed in versions 2.0, 20.8
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU - addressed in versions 2.0, 2.8
SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC2 - addressed in versions 2.0, 20.8
SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC - addressed in versions 2.0, 2.1.7

External References

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