#VU7379 Denial of service in SIPROTEC 4 and Siprotec Compact - CVE-2015-5374 

 

#VU7379 Denial of service in SIPROTEC 4 and Siprotec Compact - CVE-2015-5374

Published: July 7, 2017 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7379
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5374
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
SIPROTEC 4
Siprotec Compact
Software vendor:
Siemens

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the EN100 module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to UDP port 50000 and cause the system to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Update SIPROTEC 4 to version 4.25.
Update SIPROTEC Compact to version 4.25.

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