Eaton SMP Gateway Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2023-43775)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501754

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Denial-of-service vulnerability in the web server of the Eaton SMP Gateway allows attacker to potentially force an unexpected restart of the automation platform, impacting the availability of the product. In rare situations, the issue could cause the SMP device to restart in Safe Mode or Max Safe Mode. When in Max Safe Mode, the product is not vulnerable anymore.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 501754

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/18/2023

Updated: 10/19/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2023-43775

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:eaton:smp_4%2fdp_firmware:7.0, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4250_firmware:7.0, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_4%2fdp_firmware:8.1, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4260_firmware:8.2, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_4%2fdp_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4250_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4260_firmware:8.0, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_16_firmware:7.0, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_16_firmware:7.1, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4260_firmware:8.1, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_4%2fdp_firmware:7.1, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4250_firmware:8.1, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_4%2fdp_firmware:8.2, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4250_firmware:7.1, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_16_firmware:8.0, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_4%2fdp_firmware:6.3, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_16_firmware:7.2, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4250_firmware:8.2, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_4%2fdp_firmware:8.0, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_16_firmware:6.3, cpe:/o:eaton:smp_sg-4250_firmware:8.0

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Eaton

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43775

Detections

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