SB2020041519 - Denial of service in Siemens KTK, SIDOOR, SIMATIC, and SINAMICS 



SB2020041519 - Denial of service in Siemens KTK, SIDOOR, SIMATIC, and SINAMICS

Published: April 15, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020041519
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19300)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the Interniche-based TCP stack can be forced to make resource intense calls for every incoming packet. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.