Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Improper Input Validation (CVE-2024-56570)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 504200

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function Add a check to the ovl_dentry_weird() function to prevent the processing of directory inodes that lack the lookup function.This is important because such inodes can cause errors in overlayfs when passed to the lowerstack.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 504200

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 11/13/2025

Updated: 11/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-300%2fxr-300%2fxc-400%2fxr-500wg%2fxr-500_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:scalance_xcm-%2fxrm-%2fxch-%2fxrh-300_series_firmware, cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5, cpe:/o:siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p_firmware:3.2, cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Siemens

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56570

CWE: 20

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