CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-7903

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Published: Jun 30, 2017 | Modified: Jul 08, 2017
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A Weak Password Requirements issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 programmable-logic controllers 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BBB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1763-L16BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1763-L16DWD, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions and Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1400 programmable logic controllers 1766-L32AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXB, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; 1766-L32BXBA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions; and 1766-L32AWAA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and prior versions. The affected products use a numeric password with a small maximum character size for the password.

Weakness

The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
1763-l16awa_series_a Rockwellautomation * 16.000 (including)
1763-l16awa_series_b Rockwellautomation * 16.000 (including)
1763-l16bbb_series_a Rockwellautomation * 16.000 (including)
1763-l16bbb_series_b Rockwellautomation * 16.000 (including)
1763-l16bwa_series_a Rockwellautomation * 16.000 (including)
1763-l16bwa_series_b Rockwellautomation * 16.000 (including)
1763-l16dwd_series_a Rockwellautomation * 16.000 (including)
1763-l16dwd_series_b Rockwellautomation * 16.000 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References