ssa-327438
Vulnerability from csaf_siemens
Published
2025-05-13 00:00
Modified
2025-07-08 00:00
Summary
SSA-327438: Multiple Vulnerabilities in SCALANCE LPE9403

Notes

Summary
SCALANCE LPE9403 is affected by multiple vulnerabilities which lead to a compromise in availability, integrity and confidentiality. Siemens has released a new version for SCALANCE LPE9403 and recommends to update to the latest version. Siemens is preparing further fix versions and recommends specific countermeasures for products where fixes are not, or not yet available.
General Recommendations
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' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals. Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity
Additional Resources
For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories
Terms of Use
The use of Siemens Security Advisories is subject to the terms and conditions listed on: https://www.siemens.com/productcert/terms-of-use.


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          "text": "Affected devices do not properly validate incoming Profinet packets.\r\nAn unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted malicious packet, which leads to a crash of the dcpd\r\nprocess.",
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          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Affected devices do not properly validate incoming Profinet packets.\r\nAn unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted malicious packet, which leads to a crash of the dcpd process.",
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          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Affected devices do not properly handle multiple incoming Profinet packets received in rapid succession.\r\nAn unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending multiple packets in a very short time frame, which leads to a crash of the dcpd process.",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Disable the Profinet Discovery and Configuration Protocol (DCP) service",
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        {
          "category": "none_available",
          "details": "Currently no fix is available",
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      ],
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        {
          "cvss_v3": {
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      ],
      "title": "CVE-2025-40578"
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2025-40579",
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          "text": "Affected devices are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.\r\nThis could allow a non-privileged local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device or to cause a denial of service condition.",
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          "details": "Update to V4.0 HF0 or later version",
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      ],
      "title": "CVE-2025-40579"
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      ],
      "title": "CVE-2025-40580"
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2025-40581",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-288",
        "name": "Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Affected devices are vulnerable to an authentication bypass.\r\nThis could allow a non-privileged local attacker to bypass the authentication of the SINEMA Remote Connect Edge Client, and to read and modify the configuration parameters.",
          "title": "Summary"
        }
      ],
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      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Restrict access to authorized and trusted personal only",
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        },
        {
          "category": "none_available",
          "details": "Currently no fix is available",
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2025-40581"
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2025-40582",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-78",
        "name": "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (\u0027OS Command Injection\u0027)"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Affected devices do not properly sanitize configuration parameters.\r\nThis could allow a non-privileged local attacker to execute root commands on the device.",
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        }
      ],
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      },
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Only use trusted SINEMA Remote Connect Servers",
          "product_ids": [
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          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Restrict access to authorized and trusted personal only",
          "product_ids": [
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        },
        {
          "category": "none_available",
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            "version": "3.1"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2025-40582"
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2025-40583",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-319",
        "name": "Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Affected devices do transmit sensitive information in cleartext.\r\nThis could allow a privileged local attacker to retrieve this sensitive information.",
          "title": "Summary"
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      ],
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Restrict access to authorized and trusted personal only",
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        },
        {
          "category": "none_available",
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      ],
      "title": "CVE-2025-40583"
    }
  ]
}


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