SSA-555707
Vulnerability from csaf_siemens - Published: 2022-08-09 00:00 - Updated: 2026-07-14 00:00Summary
SSA-555707: Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
Notes
Summary: Simcenter STAR-CCM+ contains an information disclosure vulnerability when using the Power-on-Demand public license server. An attacker could access a system's host, user, and display name.
Siemens has updated the public Power-on-Demand public license server.
General Recommendations: 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' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.
Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity
Additional Resources: For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories
Terms of Use: The use of Siemens Security Advisories is subject to the terms and conditions listed on: https://www.siemens.com/productcert/terms-of-use.
Affected applications expose user, host and display name of users, when the public license server is used. This could allow an attacker to retrieve this information.
5.3 (Medium)
Affected products
Known affected
1 product
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Simcenter STAR-CCM+ only if the Power-on-Demand public license server is used
Siemens / Simcenter STAR-CCM+
|
vers:all/* |
Mitigation
Mitigation
Vendor Fix
|
References
2 references
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"details": "Set the environmental variable STARLICENSEHIDE to 1. This will send the string \"unknown\" for the user, host and display name instead of the real values. The setting is supported since version V8.04 (June 2013) of Simcenter STAR-CCM+",
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