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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "organization": "Siemens ProductCERT",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA."
      },
      {
        "names": [
          "Marcin Dudek",
          "Jacek Gajewski",
          "Kinga Staszkiewicz",
          "Jakub Suchorab",
          "Joanna Walkiewicz"
        ],
        "organization": "National Centre",
        "summary": "for Nuclear Research Poland for coordinating disclosure"
      },
      {
        "names": [
          "Artem Zinenko"
        ],
        "organization": "Kaspersky",
        "summary": "for pointing out that SIPLUS should also be mentioned"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "en",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "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: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals.",
        "title": "General Recommendations"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "Siemens Security Advisories are subject to the terms and conditions contained in Siemens\u0027 underlying license terms or other applicable agreements previously agreed to with Siemens (hereinafter \"License Terms\"). To the extent applicable to information, software or documentation made available in or through a Siemens Security Advisory, the Terms of Use of Siemens\u0027 Global Website (https://www.siemens.com/terms_of_use, hereinafter \"Terms of Use\"), in particular Sections 8-10 of the Terms of Use, shall apply additionally. In case of conflicts, the License Terms shall prevail over the Terms of Use.",
        "title": "Terms of Use"
      },
      {
        "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": "other",
        "text": "This CISA CSAF advisory was converted from a Siemens ProductCERT\u0027s advisory.",
        "title": "Advisory Conversion Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Multiple",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Germany",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the exploitation risk of this vulnerability.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, and ensure they are not accessible from the internet.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from business networks.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most recent version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as its connected devices.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov. 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.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets. Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "other",
      "contact_details": "central@cisa.dhs.gov",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "SSA-347726: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in SIMATIC S7-1500, SIMATIC S7-1500 Software\n        Controller and SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller - HTML Version",
        "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-347726.html"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-18-282-05 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2018/icsa-18-282-05.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-18-282-05 - Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-18-282-05"
      },
      {
        "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/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems"
      },
      {
        "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": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      }
    ],
    "title": "Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500, SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller and SIMATIC ET 200SP OpenController (Update A)",
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      "current_release_date": "2020-02-10T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "generator": {
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          "name": "CISA CSAF Generator",
          "version": "1.0.0"
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      "id": "ICSA-18-282-05",
      "initial_release_date": "2018-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2018-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "1.0",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "Publication Date"
        },
        {
          "date": "2020-02-10T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "1.1",
          "number": "2",
          "summary": "SIPLUS devices now explicitly mentioned in the list of affected products"
        }
      ],
      "status": "final",
      "version": "2"
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                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "\u003e=V2.0_and_\u003cV2.1.6",
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                  "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001"
                }
              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller (incl. SIPLUS variants)"
          },
          {
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              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "\u003e=V2.0_and_\u003cV2.5",
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                  "name": "Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants): All versions \u003e= V2.0 and \u003c V2.5",
                  "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002"
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              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
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          {
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              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
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        ],
        "category": "vendor",
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      }
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  "vulnerabilities": [
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2018-13805",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-400",
        "name": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "An attacker can cause a denial-of-service condition on the network stack by sending a large number of specially crafted packets to the PLC. The PLC will lose its ability to communicate over the network. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker with network access to the affected systems. Successful exploitation requires no privileges and no user interaction. An attacker could use this vulnerability to compromise availability of the network connectivity. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this vulnerability was known.",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
      ],
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          "CSAFPID-0002",
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          "details": "Restrict network access to affected devices",
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          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Apply cell-protection concept",
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
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        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V2.1.6 https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109759122",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V2.5 or newer https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/ps/13717/dl",
          "product_ids": [
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        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V2.5 or newer https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/us/en/view/109478528",
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
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      "title": "CVE-2018-13805"
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  ]
}