SB2015071701 - Denial of service in Siemens SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC Compact



SB2015071701 - Denial of service in Siemens SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC Compact

Published: July 17, 2015 Updated: July 7, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2015071701
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5374)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the EN100 module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to UDP port 50000 and cause the system to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.