Denial of service in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View ME

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU87856

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21914

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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 pass specially crafted input to the application and restart the PanelView Plus 7 terminal.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition: before 14.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:rockwell_automation:factorytalk_view_machine_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/support/advisory.SD1663.html
http://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-086-04

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.