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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "organization": "Siemens",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "en-US",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "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",
        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "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/.",
        "title": "Legal Notice"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Critical Manufacturing",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Germany",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.\nCISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage onus-cert.cisa.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on us-cert.cisa.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.\nOrganizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and \nsolutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT:\n\nhttps://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and  solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.",
        "title": "Exploitability"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "coordinator",
      "contact_details": "Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov;\n Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-20-343-09 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2020/icsa-20-343-09.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-20-343-09 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-343-09"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "SSA-496604: SSA-700697: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Web Server of SIMATIC Controllers - TXT Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/SSA-700697.txt"
      }
    ],
    "title": "Siemens SIMATIC Controller Web Servers",
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      "cve": "CVE-2020-15796",
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        "name": "Uncaught Exception"
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      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The web server of the affected products contains a vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service condition by sending a specially crafted HTTP request.",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
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      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109478528",
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109478528"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-15796"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "If the PC Station web server does not restart automatically Windows\nreboot is required. This can be done while the control system is running\nas the PLC control functionality is not affected.",
          "product_ids": [
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        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V21.8 - Download: https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109759122 ",
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          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109759122"
        },
        {
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          "details": "Update to V21.8 - Download: https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109478528 ",
          "product_ids": [
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          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109478528"
        },
        {
          "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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