CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-37183

Improper Access Control

Published: Sep 14, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
3.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEMA Remote Connect Server (All versions < V3.0 SP2). The affected software allows sending send-to-sleep notifications to the managed devices. An unauthenticated attacker in the same network of the affected system can abuse these notifications to cause a Denial-of-Service condition in the managed devices.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sinema_remote_connect_server Siemens * 3.0 (excluding)
Sinema_remote_connect_server Siemens 3.0 (including) 3.0 (including)
Sinema_remote_connect_server Siemens 3.0-sp1 (including) 3.0-sp1 (including)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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