Siemens SIMATIC, SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM Devices Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-2024-49938)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503403

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath9k_htc: Use __skb_set_length() for resetting urb before resubmit Syzbot points out that skb_trim() has a sanity check on the existing length of the skb, which can be uninitialised in some error paths. The intent here is clearly just to reset the length to zero before resubmitting, so switch to calling __skb_set_length(skb, 0) directly. In addition, __skb_set_length() already contains a call to skb_reset_tail_pointer(), so remove the redundant call. The syzbot report came from ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb(), but there's a similar usage of skb_trim() in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb(), change both while we're at it.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 503403

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/27/2025

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-400_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500wg_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p_firmware:3.2, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xcm-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrh-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xch-300_series_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49938

CWE: 824

Detections

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