ICSA-18-317-05
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2018-11-13 00:00 - Updated: 2020-02-10 00:00| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants): All Versions < V4.3
Siemens / SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family (incl. SIPLUS variants)
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<V4.3 |
Mitigation
Mitigation
Mitigation
Vendor Fix
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants): All Versions < V2.6
Siemens / SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants)
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<V2.6 |
Mitigation
Mitigation
Mitigation
Vendor Fix
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"document": {
"acknowledgments": [
{
"organization": "Siemens ProductCERT",
"summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA."
},
{
"names": [
"Younes Dragoni"
],
"organization": "Nozomi Networks",
"summary": "for coordinating disclosure"
},
{
"organization": "Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT)",
"summary": "for coordination efforts"
},
{
"names": [
"Artem Zinenko"
],
"organization": "Kaspersky",
"summary": "for pointing out that SIPLUS should also be mentioned"
}
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"category": "csaf_security_advisory",
"csaf_version": "2.0",
"distribution": {
"text": "Disclosure is not limited",
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"url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
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"lang": "en",
"notes": [
{
"category": "general",
"text": "As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens\u0027 operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.",
"title": "General Recommendations"
},
{
"category": "general",
"text": "Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity",
"title": "Additional Resources"
},
{
"category": "legal_disclaimer",
"text": "Siemens Security Advisories are subject to the terms and conditions contained in Siemens\u0027 underlying license terms or other applicable agreements previously agreed to with Siemens (hereinafter \"License Terms\"). To the extent applicable to information, software or documentation made available in or through a Siemens Security Advisory, the Terms of Use of Siemens\u0027 Global Website (https://www.siemens.com/terms_of_use, hereinafter \"Terms of Use\"), in particular Sections 8-10 of the Terms of Use, shall apply additionally. In case of conflicts, the License Terms shall prevail over the Terms of Use.",
"title": "Terms of Use"
},
{
"category": "legal_disclaimer",
"text": "All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided \"as is\" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.",
"title": "Legal Notice"
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"category": "other",
"text": "This CISA CSAF advisory was converted from a Siemens ProductCERT\u0027s advisory.",
"title": "Advisory Conversion Disclaimer"
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{
"category": "other",
"text": "Multiple",
"title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
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{
"category": "other",
"text": "Worldwide",
"title": "Countries/areas deployed"
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{
"category": "other",
"text": "Germany",
"title": "Company headquarters location"
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{
"category": "general",
"text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the exploitation risk of this vulnerability.",
"title": "Recommended Practices"
},
{
"category": "general",
"text": "Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, and ensure they are not accessible from the internet.",
"title": "Recommended Practices"
},
{
"category": "general",
"text": "Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from business networks.",
"title": "Recommended Practices"
},
{
"category": "general",
"text": "When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most recent version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as its connected devices.",
"title": "Recommended Practices"
},
{
"category": "general",
"text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.",
"title": "Recommended Practices"
},
{
"category": "general",
"text": "CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
"title": "Recommended Practices"
},
{
"category": "general",
"text": "CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets. Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.",
"title": "Recommended Practices"
},
{
"category": "general",
"text": "Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
"title": "Recommended Practices"
}
],
"publisher": {
"category": "other",
"contact_details": "central@cisa.dhs.gov",
"name": "CISA",
"namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
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"references": [
{
"category": "self",
"summary": "SSA-584286: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU and SIMATIC S7-1500\n CPU - HTML Version",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-584286.html"
},
{
"category": "self",
"summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-18-317-05 JSON",
"url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2018/icsa-18-317-05.json"
},
{
"category": "self",
"summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-18-317-05 - Web Version",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-18-317-05"
},
{
"category": "external",
"summary": "Recommended Practices",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01"
},
{
"category": "external",
"summary": "Recommended Practices",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices"
},
{
"category": "external",
"summary": "Recommended Practices",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems"
},
{
"category": "external",
"summary": "Recommended Practices",
"url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
},
{
"category": "external",
"summary": "Recommended Practices",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf"
},
{
"category": "external",
"summary": "Recommended Practices",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
}
],
"title": "Siemens SIMATIC S7 (Update A)",
"tracking": {
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{
"date": "2018-11-13T00:00:00.000000Z",
"legacy_version": "1.0",
"number": "1",
"summary": "Publication Date"
},
{
"date": "2019-03-12T00:00:00.000000Z",
"legacy_version": "1.1",
"number": "2",
"summary": "Added solution for SIMATIC S7-1200"
},
{
"date": "2020-02-10T00:00:00.000000Z",
"legacy_version": "1.2",
"number": "3",
"summary": "SIPLUS devices now explicitly mentioned in the list of affected products"
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}
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"vulnerabilities": [
{
"cve": "CVE-2018-13815",
"cwe": {
"id": "CWE-410",
"name": "Insufficient Resource Pool"
},
"notes": [
{
"category": "summary",
"text": "An attacker could exhaust the available connection pool of an affected device by opening a sufficient number of connections to the device. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to be able to send packets to port 102/tcp of the affected device. No user interaction and no user privileges are required to exploit the vulnerability. The vulnerability, if exploited, could cause a Denial-of-Service condition impacting the availability of the system. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.",
"title": "Summary"
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],
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"CSAFPID-0001",
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{
"category": "mitigation",
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"CSAFPID-0002"
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{
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"details": "Apply cell-protection concept",
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"CSAFPID-0001",
"CSAFPID-0002"
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{
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"details": "Apply defense-in-depth",
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"CSAFPID-0002"
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},
{
"category": "vendor_fix",
"details": "Update to V4.3 https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109763919",
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"CSAFPID-0001"
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},
{
"category": "vendor_fix",
"details": "Update to V2.6 https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/de/en/view/109478459",
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