CVE-2023-51440

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC CP 343-1 (6GK7343-1EX30-0XE0) (All versions), SIMATIC CP 343-1 Lean (6GK7343-1CX10-0XE0) (All versions), SIPLUS NET CP 343-1 (6AG1343-1EX30-7XE0) (All versions), SIPLUS NET CP 343-1 Lean (6AG1343-1CX10-2XE0) (All versions). Affected products incorrectly validate TCP sequence numbers. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create a denial of service condition by injecting spoofed TCP RST packets.

Weakness

The product establishes a communication channel to handle an incoming request that has been initiated by an actor, but it does not properly verify that the request is coming from the expected origin.

Potential Mitigations

• Use a mechanism that can validate the identity of the source, such as a certificate, and validate the integrity of data to ensure that it cannot be modified in transit using an Adversary-in-the-Middle (AITM) attack.
• When designing functionality of actions in the URL scheme, consider whether the action should be accessible to all mobile applications, or if an allowlist of applications to interface with is appropriate.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/500.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/594.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/595.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/596.html

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-516818.html