icsa-15-161-01
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2015-03-13 06:00
Modified
2025-06-06 16:08
Summary
Hospira Plum A+ and Symbiq Infusion Systems Vulnerabilities

Notes

Legal Notice
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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
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Recommended Practices
Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the internet.
Recommended Practices
Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.
Recommended Practices
When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Recognize VPNs may have vulnerabilities, should be updated to the most recent version available, and are only as secure as the connected devices.
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 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.
Recommended Practices
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Recommended Practices
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.
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
CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks: Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages. Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams. Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.


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      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-312",
        "name": "Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information"
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      "notes": [
        {
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          "text": "Wireless keys are stored in plain text on Hospira Plum A+ Infusion System version 13.4 and prior, Plum A+3 Infusion System version 13.6 and prior, and Symbiq Infusion System, version 3.13 and prior. Hospira recommends that customers close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. Hospira has also released the Plum 360 Infusion System which is not vulnerable to this issue.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Hospira is communicating with customers to direct them to close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. In addition, Hospira is also releasing its Plum 360 Infusion System. Hospira asserts that the Plum 360 uses a different architecture than the Plum A+ Infusion System and is not vulnerable to the reported vulnerabilities.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For additional information about the vulnerabilities and compensating measures, contact Hospira\u2019s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.",
          "product_ids": [
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            "version": "2.0"
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          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2015-3953",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-259",
        "name": "Use of Hard-coded Password"
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      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Hard-coded accounts may be used to access Hospira Plum A+ Infusion System version 13.4 and prior, Plum A+3 Infusion System version 13.6 and prior, and Symbiq Infusion System, version 3.13 and prior. Hospira recommends that customers close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. Hospira has also released the Plum 360 Infusion System which is not vulnerable to this issue.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
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      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Hospira is communicating with customers to direct them to close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. In addition, Hospira is also releasing its Plum 360 Infusion System. Hospira asserts that the Plum 360 uses a different architecture than the Plum A+ Infusion System and is not vulnerable to the reported vulnerabilities.",
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For additional information about the vulnerabilities and compensating measures, contact Hospira\u2019s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.",
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
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      ],
      "scores": [
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
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    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2015-3954",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-285",
        "name": "Improper Authorization"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Hospira Plum A+ Infusion System version 13.4 and prior, Plum A+3 Infusion System version 13.6 and prior, and Symbiq Infusion System, version 3.13 and prior give unauthenticated users root privileges on Port 23/TELNET by default. An unauthorized user could issue commands to the pump. Hospira recommends that customers close Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. Hospira has also released the Plum 360 Infusion System which is not vulnerable to this issue.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
        "known_affected": [
          "CSAFPID-0001",
          "CSAFPID-0002",
          "CSAFPID-0003"
        ]
      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Hospira is communicating with customers to direct them to close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. In addition, Hospira is also releasing its Plum 360 Infusion System. Hospira asserts that the Plum 360 uses a different architecture than the Plum A+ Infusion System and is not vulnerable to the reported vulnerabilities.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For additional information about the vulnerabilities and compensating measures, contact Hospira\u2019s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v2": {
            "baseScore": 10.0,
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2015-3955",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-121",
        "name": "Stack-based Buffer Overflow"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Stack-based buffer overflow in Hospira LifeCare PCA Infusion System 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
        "known_affected": [
          "CSAFPID-0001",
          "CSAFPID-0002",
          "CSAFPID-0003"
        ]
      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Hospira is communicating with customers to direct them to close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. In addition, Hospira is also releasing its Plum 360 Infusion System. Hospira asserts that the Plum 360 uses a different architecture than the Plum A+ Infusion System and is not vulnerable to the reported vulnerabilities.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For additional information about the vulnerabilities and compensating measures, contact Hospira\u2019s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v2": {
            "baseScore": 7.6,
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2015-3956",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-345",
        "name": "Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Hospira Plum A+ Infusion System version 13.4 and prior, Plum A+3 Infusion System version 13.6 and prior, and Symbiq Infusion System, version 3.13 and prior accept drug libraries, firmware updates, pump commands, and unauthorized configuration changes from unauthenticated devices on the host network. Hospira recommends that customers close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. Hospira has also released the Plum 360 Infusion System which is not vulnerable to this issue.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
        "known_affected": [
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          "CSAFPID-0002",
          "CSAFPID-0003"
        ]
      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Hospira is communicating with customers to direct them to close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. In addition, Hospira is also releasing its Plum 360 Infusion System. Hospira asserts that the Plum 360 uses a different architecture than the Plum A+ Infusion System and is not vulnerable to the reported vulnerabilities.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For additional information about the vulnerabilities and compensating measures, contact Hospira\u2019s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
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        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v2": {
            "baseScore": 7.6,
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2015-3957",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-321",
        "name": "Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Hospira LifeCare PCA Infusion System before 7.0 stores private keys and certificates, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
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          "CSAFPID-0002",
          "CSAFPID-0003"
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      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Hospira is communicating with customers to direct them to close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. In addition, Hospira is also releasing its Plum 360 Infusion System. Hospira asserts that the Plum 360 uses a different architecture than the Plum A+ Infusion System and is not vulnerable to the reported vulnerabilities.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For additional information about the vulnerabilities and compensating measures, contact Hospira\u2019s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v2": {
            "baseScore": 4.6,
            "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2015-3958",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-400",
        "name": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Hospira LifeCare PCA Infusion System 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (forced manual reboot) via a flood of TCP packets.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
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          "CSAFPID-0002",
          "CSAFPID-0003"
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      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Hospira is communicating with customers to direct them to close Port 20/FTP and Port 23/TELNET on the affected devices. In addition, Hospira is also releasing its Plum 360 Infusion System. Hospira asserts that the Plum 360 uses a different architecture than the Plum A+ Infusion System and is not vulnerable to the reported vulnerabilities.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For additional information about the vulnerabilities and compensating measures, contact Hospira\u2019s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v2": {
            "baseScore": 7.8,
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}


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