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Siemens SIMATIC, SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM Devices Use of Uninitialized Resource (CVE-2024-50302)
medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503437
Synopsis
The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.
This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.
Solution
Refer to the vendor advisory.See Also
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109988839/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 503437
Version: 1.3
Type: remote
Family: Tenable.ot
Published: 10/27/2025
Updated: 10/30/2025
Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50302
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-400_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500wg_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-300_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:scalance_xch-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp
Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/25/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-50302
CWE: 908