Schneider Electric Modicon Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CVE-2019-6828)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500062

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-248: Uncaught Exception vulnerability exists Modicon M580 (firmware version prior to V2.90), Modicon M340 (firmware version prior to V3.10), Modicon Premium (all versions), and Modicon Quantum (all versions), which could cause a possible denial of service when reading specific coils and registers in the controller over Modbus.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a432fe19

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500062

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 1/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_series_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_premium_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:modicon_quantum_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6828

CWE: 755