icsa-21-341-02
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2021-12-07 00:00
Modified
2021-12-07 00:00
Summary
Hitachi Energy XMC20 and FOX61x

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
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Risk evaluation
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Data Communication Network (DCN) routing configuration and cause a disruption to the Network Management (NMS) and Network Element (NE) communication.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Multiple Sectors
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Switzerland
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
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 these vulnerabilities.



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