icsa-22-314-03
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2022-11-10 00:00
Modified
2022-11-10 00:00
Summary
Siemens SINEC Network Management System Logback Component
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 allow attackers with write access to the logback configuration file to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Energy
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Germany
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.
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. This vulnerability has a high attack complexity.
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This vulnerability has a high attack complexity.", "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": "external", "summary": "SSA-371761: Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in the Logback Component of SINEC NMS before V1.0.3 - CSAF Version", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-371761.json" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-22-314-03 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2022/icsa-22-314-03.json" }, { "category": "self", "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-22-314-03 Web Version", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-314-03" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Recommended Practices", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Recommended Practices", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-314-03" }, { "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": "SSA-371761: Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in the Logback Component of SINEC NMS before V1.0.3 - PDF Version", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-371761.pdf" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "SSA-371761: Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in the Logback Component of SINEC NMS before V1.0.3 - TXT Version", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-371761.txt" } ], "title": "Siemens SINEC Network Management System Logback Component", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2022-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CISA CSAF Generator", "version": "1.0.0" } }, "id": "ICSA-22-314-03", "initial_release_date": "2022-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2022-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z", "legacy_version": "Initial", "number": "1", "summary": "Publication Date" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "\u003c V1.0.3", "product": { "name": "SINEC NMS", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "SINEC NMS" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Siemens" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2021-42550", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-502", "name": "Deserialization of Untrusted Data" }, "notes": [ { "category": "summary", "text": "In logback version 1.2.7 and prior versions, an attacker with the required privileges to edit configurations files could craft a malicious configuration allowing to execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers.", "title": "Summary" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "external", "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov", "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-42550" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "www.first.org", "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" } ], "remediations": [ { "category": "mitigation", "details": "Restrict the write access to the logback configuration file (\nlogback.xml) to trusted personnel", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, { "category": "vendor_fix", "details": "Update to V1.0.3 or later version", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ], "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109813788/" }, { "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: \nhttps://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.\nAdditional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: \nhttps://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 6.6, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ], "title": "CVE-2021-42550" } ] }
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