Buffer overflow in Siemens products - CVE-2021-33720

 

Buffer overflow in Siemens products - CVE-2021-33720

Published: September 15, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU56621
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33720
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
SIPROTEC 5 relays with CPU variants CP150
SIPROTEC 5 relays with CPU variants CP200
SIPROTEC 5 relays with CPU variants CP050
SIPROTEC 5 relays with CPU variants CP100
SIPROTEC 5 relays with CPU variants CP300

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet, trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-33720

Install updates from vendor's website.

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