ICSA-22-221-03
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2022-08-09 00:00 - Updated: 2022-08-09 00:00Summary
Emerson OpenBSI
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 cause remote code execution, change controller configuration, or cause a denial-of-service condition.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Life Sciences, Water and Wastewater
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
United States
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.
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"details": "For CVE-2022-29959, Emerson recommends not using the OpenBSI \"User Management Tool\" to manage RTU credentials; this utility is no longer supported and will be removed from future versions. :",
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Nomenclature
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