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Siemens SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU Family Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2020-7584)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500387

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-200 SMART CPU family (All versions >= V2.2 < V2.5.1). Affected devices do not properly handle large numbers of new incomming connections and could crash under certain circumstances. An attacker may leverage this to cause a Denial-of-Service situation.

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Solution

The following text was originally created by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The original can be found at CISA.gov.

Siemens recommends users update to v2.5.1 and limit network access to device to trusted sources.

As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends protecting network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. To operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends configuring the environment according to Siemens’ operational guidelines for Industrial Security and following the recommendations in the product manuals.

Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-589181.pdf

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-196-06

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 500387

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 3/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7584

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:siemens:simatic_s7-200_smart_sr_cpu_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-200_smart_st_cpu_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7584

CWE: 400