ICSA-19-043-04

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Siemens SIMATIC S7-300 CPU

view advisory published 2019-01-08

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.

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Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2018-16561UShigh7.5—
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC S7-300 CPUs (All versions < V3.X.16). The affected CPUs improperly validate S7 communication packets which could cause a Denial-of-Se…
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remediations (2)

  • MitigationSIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants)

    Siemens recommends operating the devices only within trusted networks

  • FixedSIMATIC S7-300 CPU family (incl. related ET200 CPUs and SIPLUS variants)

    Update to V3.X.16 or any later version https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/ps/13752/dl

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