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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.2101
Siemens SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC Compact Vulnerabilities
8 September 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Siemens SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC Compact devices
Publisher: ICS-CERT
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Administrator Compromise -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-7114 CVE-2016-7113 CVE-2016-7112
Original Bulletin:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-250-01
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Advisory (ICSA-16-250-01)
Siemens SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC Compact Vulnerabilities
Original release date: September 06, 2016
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OVERVIEW
Siemens reports that they have released a firmware update for SIPROTEC 4 and
SIPROTEC Compact devices to mitigate authentication bypass and resource
exhaustion vulnerabilities. Kirill Nesterov and Anatoly Katushin from
Kaspersky Lab reported some of these vulnerabilities directly to Siemens.
These vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely.
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
Siemens reports that these vulnerabilities affect the following products:
EN100 Ethernet module (as optional for SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC Compact): All
versions prior to V4.29
IMPACT
An attacker may be able to access the administrative web application by
exploiting these vulnerabilities.
Impact to individual organizations depends on many factors that are unique to
each organization. NCCIC/ICS-CERT recommends that organizations evaluate the
impact of these vulnerabilities based on their operational environment,
architecture, and product implementation.
BACKGROUND
Siemens is a multinational company headquartered in Munich, Germany.
The affected products, SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC Compact devices, provide a wide
range of integrated protection, control, measurement, and automation functions
for electrical substations and other fields of application. The EN100 module
is used for enabling IEC 61850 communications with electrical/optical 100 Mbit
interface for SIPROTEC 4 and SIPROTEC Compact devices. According to Siemens,
SIPROTEC devices are deployed across several sectors including Energy. Siemens
estimates that these products are used worldwide.
VULNERABILITY CHARACTERIZATION
VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW
AUTHENTICATION BYPASS ISSUES [a]
Attackers with network access to the devices web interface (Port 80/TCP) could
possibly circumvent authentication and perform administrative operations.
CVE-2016-7112 [b] has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score
of 5.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is
(AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N). [c]
RESOURCE EXHAUSTION [d]
Specially crafted packets sent to Port 80/TCP could cause the affected device
to go into defect mode.
CVE-2016-7113 [e] has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score
of 5.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is
(AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L). [f]
AUTHENTICATION BYPASS ISSUES [g]
Attackers with network access to the devices web interface (Port 80/TCP) could
possibly circumvent authentication and perform administrative operations. A
legitimate user must be logged into the web interface for the attack to be
successful.
CVE-2016-7114 [h] has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score
of 4.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is
(AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N). [i]
VULNERABILITY DETAILS
EXPLOITABILITY
These vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely.
EXISTENCE OF EXPLOIT
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.
DIFFICULTY
An attacker with a low skill would be able to exploit these vulnerabilities.
MITIGATION
Siemens provides firmware update V4.29 for EN100 modules included in SIPROTEC
4 and SIPROTEC Compact devices to fix the vulnerabilities. Siemens recommends
users update to the latest firmware version.
The firmware update for SIPROTEC 4 can be obtained from the SIPROTEC 4
downloads area:
http://www.siemens.com/downloads/siprotec-4 (link is external) (further
navigation required to select correct update)
The firmware update for SIPROTEC Compact with EN100 module can be obtained
here:
http://www.siemens.com/downloads/siprotec-compact (link is external) (further
navigation required to select correct update)
For more information on these vulnerabilities and more detailed mitigation
instructions, please see Siemens Security Advisory SSA-630413 at the following
location:
http://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories (link is external)
ICS-CERT recommends that users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of
exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, and
ensure that they are not accessible from the Internet.
Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls, and
isolate them from the business network.
When remote access is required, use secure methods, such as Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs), recognizing that VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be
updated to the most current version available. Also recognize that VPN is only
as secure as the connected devices.
ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk
assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
ICS-CERT also provides a section for control systems security recommended
practices on the ICS-CERT web page at:
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/content/recommended-practices. Several recommended
practices are available for reading and download, including Improving
Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly
available in the ICSCERT 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
(http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/).
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.
a. CWE-592: Authentication Bypass Issues,
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/592.html, web site last accessed
September 6, 2016.
b. NVD, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-7112, NIST
uses this advisory to create the CVE web site report. This web site will be
active sometime after publication of this advisory.
c. CVSS Calculator,
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S...,
web site last accessed September 6, 2016.
d. CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion'),
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html, web site last accessed
September 6, 2016.
e. NVD, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-7113, NIST
uses this advisory to create the CVE web site report. This web site will be
active sometime after publication of this advisory.
f. CVSS Calculator,
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S...,
web site last accessed September 6, 2016.
g. CWE-592: Authentication Bypass Issues,
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/592.html, web site last accessed
September 6, 2016.
h. NVD, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-7114, NIST
uses this advisory to create the CVE web site report. This web site will be
active sometime after publication of this advisory.
i. CVSS Calculator,
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S...,
web site last accessed September 6, 2016.
Contact Information
For any questions related to this report, please contact ICS-CERT at:
Email: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (link sends e-mail)
Toll Free: 1-877-776-7585
International Callers: (208) 526-0900
For industrial control systems security information and incident reporting:
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov
ICS-CERT continuously strives to improve its products and services. You can
help by choosing one of the links below to provide feedback about this
product.
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