Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager up to 3.0.1.0 resource consumption

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager up to 3.0.1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-33498. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager up to 3.0.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA00) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA10) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA20) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-0DA30) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-1EA10) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-1EA20) (All versions < V3.0.1.1), SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager (6GT2780-1EA30) (All versions < V3.0.1.1). Affected applications do not properly release memory that is allocated when handling specifically crafted incoming packets. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition by crashing the service when it runs out of memory. The service is restarted automatically after a short time.

The advisory is shared at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-33498 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.0.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• SCADA Software

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• Siemens

Name

• SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager

Version

• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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