icsa-22-335-01
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2022-12-01 00:00
Modified
2022-12-01 00:00
Summary
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series

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 a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition on a target product by sending specially crafted packets.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Critical Manufacturing
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Japan
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. 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 this vulnerability.



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        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
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        "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"
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      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-20",
        "name": "Improper Input Validation"
      },
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          "text": "MELSEC iQ-R Series RJ71EN71 products with firmware versions prior to 65 and R04/08/16/32/120ENCPU products with Network firmware versions prior to 65 are vulnerable to improper input validation. A remote unauthenticated user could cause a denial-of-service condition on a target product by sending specially crafted packets. A system reset is required to recover from a denial-of-service condition.CVE-2022-40265 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
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          "details": "Mitsubishi Electric has fixed the vulnerability: RJ71EN71: Update firmware version to \u201c66\u201d or later. R04/08/16/32/120ENCPU: Update network part firmware version to \u201c66\u201d or later.",
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            "CSAFPID-0002"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Users should refer to the following product manual for instructions to update firmware",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "MELSEC iQ-R Module Configuration Manual \u201cFirmware Update Function.\u201d",
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            "CSAFPID-0002"
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          "url": "https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/download/index.html"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Use a firewall, virtual private network (VPN), etc. to prevent unauthorized access when internet access is required.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Use the product within a local area network (LAN)",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Block access from untrusted networks and hosts through firewalls.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Use the IP filter function to restrict the accessible IP addresses.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Note: For using the IP filter function, users should see MELSEC iQ-R Ethernet User\u0027s Manual (Application) Security \u201cIP filter\u201d",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
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          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Users can refer to the Mitsubishi Electric advisory for further details.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2022-017_en.pdf"
        }
      ],
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
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  ]
}


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