icsa-21-336-05
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2021-12-02 00:00
Modified
2021-12-02 00:00
Summary
Hitachi Energy Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO

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 hijack existing TCP sessions to inject packets of their choosing or cause denial-of-service conditions.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Energy
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Switzerland
Recommended Practices
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures. CISA 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.
Recommended Practices
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. Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely. This vulnerability has a high attack complexity.


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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "an anonymous party"
        ],
        "organization": "Idaho National Laboratory",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to Hitachi Energy"
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      {
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    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
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      {
        "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 hijack existing TCP sessions to inject packets of their choosing or cause denial-of-service conditions.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Energy",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
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        "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"
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        "title": "Recommended Practices"
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            "CSAFPID-0004",
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004",
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Do not directly connect to the Internet.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004",
            "CSAFPID-0005"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Separate from other networks by means of a firewall system that has a minimal number of ports exposed.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
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            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004",
            "CSAFPID-0005"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Process control systems should not be used for Internet surfing, instant messaging, or receiving e-mails.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004",
            "CSAFPID-0005"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Portable computers and removable storage media should be carefully scanned for viruses before they are connected to a control system.",
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            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004",
            "CSAFPID-0005"
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          "url": "https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=8DBD000061\u0026LanguageCode=en\u0026DocumentPartId=\u0026Action=Launch"
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            "version": "3.0"
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}


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