Siemens SIMATIC, SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM Devices Use After Free (CVE-2023-35827)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503833

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.3.8. A use- after-free was found in ravb_remove in drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-794697.pdf

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109827684/

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109977557/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 503833

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/29/2025

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrh-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_tm_mfp_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xc-400_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xch-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xrm-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xcm-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-500wg_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p_firmware:3.1, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xr-300_series_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35827

CWE: 416