SB2018102517 - Denial of service in Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU

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SB2018102517 - Denial of service in Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU

Published: October 25, 2018 Updated: February 6, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2018102517
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16558)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted network packets to Port 80/tcp or 443/tcp and cause a denial of service on the device.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16559)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker cansend specially crafted network packets to Port 80/tcp or 443/tcp and cause a denial of service on the device.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References