VDE-2020-026

Vulnerability from csaf_phoenixcontactgmbhcokg - Published: 2020-08-20 07:11 - Updated: 2025-05-22 13:03
Summary
PHOENIX CONTACT: Denial-of-Service vulnerabilty in Emalytics, ILC 2050 BI and ILC 2050 BI-L
Notes
Summary: A timeout during a TLS handshake can result in the connection failing to terminate. This can result in a Niagara thread hanging and requires a manual restart to correct.
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial-of-service condition.
Mitigation: Phoenix Contact recommends customers with affected products take the following steps to protect themselves: • Review and validate the list of users who are authorized and who can authenticate to Emalytics. • Allow only trained and trusted persons to have physical access to the system, including devices that have connection to the system though the Ethernet port. Phoenix Contact recommends operating network-capable devices in closed networks or protected with a suitable firewall. For detailed information on our recommendations for measures to protect network-capable devices, please refer to our application note: Art.-Nr. 107913: AH EN INDUSTRIAL SECURITY 'Measures to protect network-capable devices with Ethernet connection against unauthorized access'
Remedation: This vulnerability will be fixed in the regular firmware release (v.1.4.0) which is expected to be available October 2020.
CVE-2020-14483
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-1088 - Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout
Mitigation Phoenix Contact recommends customers with affected products take the following steps to protect themselves: • Review and validate the list of users who are authorized and who can authenticate to Emalytics. • Allow only trained and trusted persons to have physical access to the system, including devices that have connection to the system though the Ethernet port. Phoenix Contact recommends operating network-capable devices in closed networks or protected with a suitable firewall. For detailed information on our recommendations for measures to protect network-capable devices, please refer to our application note: Art.-Nr. 107913: AH EN INDUSTRIAL SECURITY 'Measures to protect network-capable devices with Ethernet connection against unauthorized access' external link
Vendor Fix This vulnerability will be fixed in the regular firmware release (v.1.4.0) which is expected to be available October 2020.
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: CSAFPID-31001 —
Unresolved product id: CSAFPID-31002 —
Unresolved product id: CSAFPID-31003 —
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: CSAFPID-32001 —
Unresolved product id: CSAFPID-32002 —
Unresolved product id: CSAFPID-32003 —
References
Acknowledgments
CERT@VDE
CISA
Honeywell
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