icsa-18-317-07
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2018-11-13 00:00
Modified
2018-11-13 00:00
Summary
Siemens SIMATIC IT Production Suite

Notes

CISA Disclaimer
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov
Legal Notice
All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Risk evaluation
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Chemical, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Water and Wastewater Systems
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Germany
Recommended Practices
NCCIC recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.NCCIC also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS-CERT website in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to NCCIC for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Additional Resources
For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories
Additional Resources
For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. High skill level is needed to exploit.


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        {
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        {
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        {
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          "details": "Update the contained components SIMATIC IT Administrative Tools, SIMATIC IT Basic Service, and SIMATIC IT Full Services to V7.1 Upd3 (or later). Contact Product Support to obtain the update. - Download: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/support/ ",
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        {
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        {
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          "details": "The latest V2.4 release containing SIMATIC IT Administrative Tools, SIMATIC IT Basic Service, and SIMATIC IT Full Services V7.1 Upd3 is available from GTAC Download. - Download: https://download.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com/ ",
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens\u0027 operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals. Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity",
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C",
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            "CSAFPID-0007"
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}


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