icsa-21-012-02
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2021-01-12 00:00
Modified
2021-09-14 00:00
Summary
Siemens SCALANCE X Switches (Update B)

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 these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute a man-in-the-middle attack and decrypt previously captured traffic.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Multiple Sectors
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Germany
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures. CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage onus-cert.cisa.gov. 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 on the ICS webpage on us-cert.cisa.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies. Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
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 these vulnerabilities.


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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"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute a man-in-the-middle attack and decrypt previously captured traffic.",
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      },
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      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.\nCISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage onus-cert.cisa.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
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      {
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          {
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              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "\u003c V5.2.5",
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              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
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                }
              }
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    {
      "cve": "CVE-2020-28391",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-321",
        "name": "Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Devices create a new unique key upon factory reset, except when used\nwith C-PLUG. When used with C-PLUG the devices use the hardcoded private RSA-key\nshipped with the firmware-image. An attacker could leverage this situation to a\nman-in-the-middle situation and decrypt previously captured traffic.\n\n\n",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
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        },
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          "category": "external",
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          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Update the default selfsigned device X.509 certificates with own trusted  certificates",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Update the default hardcoded X.509 certificates from the firmware image (fingerprints SHA-1: \nF2:C8:3B:8F:86:27:74:AA:60:EC:D4:A0:CF:0D:BE:A6:D1:FE:22:12 and SHA-256: 25:60:DB:B3: F9:07:9D:69:0E:DD:A9:EB:4E:1C:D5:8E:AF:79:16:C3:C8:13:A6:F6:59:AD:05:E4:6F:77:F7:72 - fingerprints for X-200RNA switch devices SHA-1: 04:64:EF:98:A4:42:D2:BB:57:4A:47:12:20:EC:E6:85:15:4F:03:61 and SHA-256: 9C:15:FA:56:ED:FF:CA:8D:17:16:E9:2C:57:CB:90:3C:4E:81:5B:3D:60:E9:CF:26:07:B3:73:F6:C7:02:75:88)",
          "product_ids": [
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V5.2.5 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109801131/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V5.5.0 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109792534/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.2.7 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109814809/"
        },
        {
          "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": [
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
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        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
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            "baseScore": 9.1,
            "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2020-28391"
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2020-28395",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-321",
        "name": "Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Devices do not create a new unique private key after factory reset.  An attacker could leverage this situation to a man-in-the-middle situation and decrypt previously captured traffic.\n\n\n",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
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          "CSAFPID-0004"
        ]
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-28395"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Update the default selfsigned device X.509 certificates with own trusted  certificates",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Update the default hardcoded X.509 certificates from the firmware image (fingerprints SHA-1: \nF2:C8:3B:8F:86:27:74:AA:60:EC:D4:A0:CF:0D:BE:A6:D1:FE:22:12 and SHA-256: 25:60:DB:B3: F9:07:9D:69:0E:DD:A9:EB:4E:1C:D5:8E:AF:79:16:C3:C8:13:A6:F6:59:AD:05:E4:6F:77:F7:72 - fingerprints for X-200RNA switch devices SHA-1: 04:64:EF:98:A4:42:D2:BB:57:4A:47:12:20:EC:E6:85:15:4F:03:61 and SHA-256: 9C:15:FA:56:ED:FF:CA:8D:17:16:E9:2C:57:CB:90:3C:4E:81:5B:3D:60:E9:CF:26:07:B3:73:F6:C7:02:75:88)",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V4.1.0 or later version (for supported devices)",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109773547/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Update to V3.2.7 or later version",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ],
          "url": "https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109814809/"
        },
        {
          "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-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 9.1,
            "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2020-28395"
    }
  ]
}


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