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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.4117
Advisory (icsa-20-324-05) Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series
20 November 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series
Publisher: ICS-CERT
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-5668
Original Bulletin:
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-324-05
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ICS Advisory (ICSA-20-324-05)
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series
Original release date: November 19, 2020
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
o CVSS v3 7.5
o ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill to exploit
o Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric
o Equipment: MELSEC iQ-R series
o Vulnerability: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause a denial-of-service
condition for the affected product.
3. TECHNICAL DETAILS
3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS
Mitsubishi Electric reports the vulnerability affects the following MELSEC iQ-R
series CPU module products:
o R00/01/02CPU firmware Versions 19 and earlier
o R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU firmware Versions 51 and earlier
o R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware Versions 22 and earlier
o R08/16/32/120PCPU all versions
o R08/16/32/120PSFCPU all versions
o RJ71EN71 firmware Versions 47 and earlier
o RJ71GF11-T2 firmware Versions 47 and earlier
o RJ72GF15-T2 firmware Versions 07 and earlier
o RJ71GP21-SX firmware Versions 47 and earlier
o RJ71GP21S-SX firmware Versions 47 and earlier
o RJ71C24(-R2/R4) all versions
o RJ71GN11-T2 all versions
3.2 VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW
3.2.1 UNCONTROLLED RESOURCE CONSUMPTION CWE-400
A vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-R series modules causes uncontrolled resource
consumption. When a module receives a specially crafted SLMP packet from a
malicious attacker, the program execution and communication could enter a
denial-of-service condition.
CVE-2020-5668 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of
7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is ( AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/
C:N/I:N/A:H ).
3.3 BACKGROUND
o CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Critical Manufacturing
o COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide
o COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: Japan
3.4 RESEARCHER
Xiaofei.Zhang reported this vulnerability to Mitsubishi Electric.
4. MITIGATIONS
Mitsubishi Electric has issued the following iQ-R Series firmware versions to
address this issue:
o R00/01/02CPU: firmware Versions 20 or later
o R04/08/16/32/120 (EN) CPU: firmware Versions 52 or later
o R08/16/32/120SFCPU: firmware Versions 23 or later
o RJ71EN71: firmware Versions 48 or later
o RJ71GF11-T2: firmware Versions 48 or later
o RJ72GF15-T2: firmware Versions 08 or later
o RJ71GP21-SX: firmware Versions 48 or later
o RJ71GP21S-SX: firmware Versions 48 or later
Mitsubishi Electric also recommends the following practices to minimize the
risk of exploiting this vulnerability:
o Use a firewall or virtual private network (VPN), etc., to prevent
unauthorized access when Internet access is required.
o Use within a LAN and block access from untrusted networks and hosts through
firewalls.
For more information about this vulnerability and the associated mitigations,
please see the vulnerability information on the Mitsubishi website .
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 on us-cert.cisa.gov . 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
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.
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