Resource exhaustion in Siemens Development/evaluation Kits For Profinet Io: Dk Standard Ethernet Controller
CVE-2017-2681
Specially crafted PROFINET DCP packets sent on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2) to an affected product could cause a denial of service condition of that product. Human interaction is required to recover the system. PROFIBUS interfaces are not affected.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Siemens Development/evaluation Kits For Profinet Io: Dk Standard Ethernet Controller — versions All versions < V4.1.1 Patch04
- Siemens Development/evaluation Kits For Profinet Io: Ek-Ertec 200 — versions All versions < V4.2.1 Patch03
- Siemens Development/evaluation Kits For Profinet Io: Ek-Ertec 200p — versions All versions < V4.4.0 Patch01
- Siemens Dk Standard Ethernet Controller
- Siemens Dk Standard Ethernet Controller Firmware — versions 4.1.1
- Siemens Ek-Ertec 200 Pn Io
- Siemens Ek-Ertec 200 Pn Io Firmware — versions 4.2.1
- Siemens Ek-Ertec 200p Pn Io
- Siemens Ek-Ertec 200p Pn Io Firmware — versions 4.4.0
- Siemens Ie/as-I Link Pn Io — versions All versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038463 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98369 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.siemens.com/cert/pool/cert/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-293562.pdf (Broken Link)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-293562.pdf (Vendor Advisory)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-293562.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2681?
- CVE-2017-2681 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Siemens Development/evaluation Kits For Profinet Io: Dk Standard Ethernet Controller, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-11.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2681?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.