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Siemens SCALANCE LPE9403 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-2021-33910)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501880

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The use of alloca function with an uncontrolled size in function unit_name_path_escape allows a local attacker, able to mount a filesystem on a very long path, to crash systemd and the whole system by allocating a very large space in the stack.

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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 of the affected product update to Version 2.0 or later.

As a general security measure, Siemens 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 recommendations in the product manuals.

Additional information on industrial security by Siemens can be found on the Siemens industrial security webpage.

For more information see Siemens Security Advisory SSA-222547

See Also

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/770.html

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-167-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 501880

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 1/15/2024

Updated: 1/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33910

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_lpe9403_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33910