Resource exhaustion in Johnson Controls products - CVE-2023-4486

 

Resource exhaustion in Johnson Controls products - CVE-2023-4486

Published: December 8, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83988
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-2023-4486
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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Facility Explorer F4-SNC
Metasys Network Automation Engine (NAE55)
Metasys SNE engines
Metasys SNC engines

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4486

Install updates from vendor's website.

Facility Explorer F4-SNC - addressed in versions 11.0.6, 12.0.4
Metasys Network Automation Engine (NAE55) - update to 12.0.4
Metasys SNE engines - update to 12.0.4
Metasys SNC engines - update to 12.0.4

External References

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