ICSA-19-134-05
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2019-05-14 00:00 - Updated: 2019-05-14 00:00Summary
Siemens SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180 Drives NXG I and NXG II
Notes
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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 with access to the Ethernet Modbus Interface to cause a denial-of-service condition exceeding the number of available connections.
Critical infrastructure sectors: Chemical, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Healthcare and Public Health, Transportation Systems, 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.
CWE-400
- Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vendor Fix
Install a protocol bridge that isolates the networks and eliminates
direct connections to the Ethernet modbus interface
Vendor Fix
Apply cell protection concept and implement Defense-in-Depth
Mitigation
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' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download), 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
References
Acknowledgments
Siemens
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