icsa-17-318-02a
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2017-11-14 00:00
Modified
2018-02-15 00:00
Summary
ABB TropOS (Update A)

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
Vendor: ABB
Critical infrastructure sectors
Critical Manufacturing, Energy
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Switzerland
Recommended Practices
NCCIC/ICS-CERT recommends that users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices
ICS-CERT also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the ICS -CERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT web site.
Recommended Practices
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to ICS-CERT for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Recommended Practices
These vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed. These vulnerabilities are exploitable from adjacent networks. High skill level is needed to exploit.



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        "names": [
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        "summary": "discovering this vulnerability"
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    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
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        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "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": "summary",
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        "category": "general",
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        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
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        "title": "Recommended Practices"
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      "category": "coordinator",
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        "category": "external",
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  "vulnerabilities": [
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      "cve": "CVE-2017-13077",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-326",
        "name": "Inadequate Encryption Strength"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "An industry-wide vulnerability exists in the WPA2 key management algorithm devices that use IEEE 802.11w, including the TropOS broadband mesh routers listed above. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to decrypt, replay, and forge some frames on a WPA2 encrypted network.The following CVEs have been assigned to this group of vulnerabilities:",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
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          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-13077"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "ABB has released Mesh OS version 8.5.3 to address these vulnerabilities.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "ABB has released an advisory (1KHW02890) on their alerts and notification page:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "http://search-ext.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=1KHW02890\u0026Action=Launch"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "ABB is working on remedial actions for all affected products.",
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            "CSAFPID-0001"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "ABB has released an advisory (1KHW02890) on their alerts and notification page:",
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "This advisory will be updated when firmware, including remedial measures, is available.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "The TropOS mesh wireless interfaces are not vulnerable. Wired client interfaces (Ethernet, Serial) are not vulnerable. An attacker must be in physical proximity of the Wi-Fi access point and connected client to be successful. If the communication across the Wi-Fi link is encrypted at Layer 3 (e.g., SSH, SSL, HTTPS, or SNMPv3 encrypted), privacy is maintained during an otherwise successful attack. If possible, encrypt communication across the Wi-Fi link at Layer 3 using SSH, SSL, HTTPS, or SNMPv3. There is no complete workaround which allows protected Wi-Fi access to the TropOS Mesh.",
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            "CSAFPID-0001"
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          "details": "ABB users with a current Complete Software Care or Complete Software + Hardware Care subscription are advised to contact ABB Wireless support on phone +1(408) 331 6800, ext. 4, or email tropos.support@nam.abb.com.",
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            "CSAFPID-0001"
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