#VU78233 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Siemens products - CVE-2023-36521

 

#VU78233 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Siemens products - CVE-2023-36521

Published: July 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78233
Vulnerability risk: High
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:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36521
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SIMATIC MV540 H
SIMATIC MV540 S
SIMATIC MV550 H
SIMATIC MV550 S
SIMATIC MV560 U
SIMATIC MV560 X
Software vendor:
Siemens

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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