Resource exhaustion in Sick Lms500
CVE-2023-4418
A remote unprivileged attacker can sent multiple packages to the LMS5xx to disrupt its availability through a TCP SYN-based denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can flood the targeted LMS5xx with a high volume of TCP SYN requests, overwhelming its resources and causing it to become unresponsive or unavailable for legitimate users.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sick Lms500
- Sick Lms500 Firmware
- Sick Lms511
- Sick Lms511 Firmware
- Sick Lms531
- Sick Lms531 Firmware
- Sick Ag Lms5xx — versions all firmware versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- sick.com/psirt (issue-tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/sca-2023-0007.pdf (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/sca-2023-0007.json (x_csaf, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-4418?
- CVE-2023-4418 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sick Lms500, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-24.
- How severe is CVE-2023-4418?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.