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ICSA-21-005-03

Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2021-01-05 00:00 - Updated: 2021-01-05 00:00

Summary

GE Reason RT43X Clocks

Notes

CISA Disclaimer

This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov

Legal Notice

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/.

Risk evaluation

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system or intercept and decrypt encrypted traffic.

Critical infrastructure sectors

Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Healthcare and Public Health, Transportation Systems, Water and Wastewater Systems

Countries/areas deployed

Worldwide

Company headquarters location

United States

Recommended Practices

CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:

Recommended Practices

CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures. CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage onus-cert.cisa.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.

Recommended Practices

Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on us-cert.cisa.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies. Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.

Exploitability

No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.

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CVE-2020-25197 (GCVE-0-2020-25197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-18 18:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:41

Title

GE Reason RT43X Clocks Code Injection

Summary

A code injection vulnerability exists in one of the webpages in GE Reason RT430, RT431 & RT434 GNSS clocks in firmware versions prior to version 08A06 that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GE	Reason RT43X Clocks	Affected: unspecified , < 08A06 (custom)

Credits

Tom Westenberg of Thales UK reported these vulnerabilities to GE.

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CVE-2020-25193 (GCVE-0-2020-25193)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-18 18:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:41

Title

GE Reason RT43X Clocks Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Summary

By having access to the hard-coded cryptographic key for GE Reason RT430, RT431 & RT434 GNSS clocks in firmware versions prior to version 08A06, attackers would be able to intercept and decrypt encrypted traffic through an HTTPS connection.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-321 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

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	https://www.gegridsolutions.com/app/DownloadFile.…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GE	Reason RT43X Clocks	Affected: unspecified , < 08A06 (custom)

Credits

Tom Westenberg of Thales UK reported these vulnerabilities to GE.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ICSA-21-005-03

CVE-2020-25197 (GCVE-0-2020-25197)

CVE-2020-25193 (GCVE-0-2020-25193)

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