VDB-62252 · CVE-2011-5163 · SA46779

Schneider Electric CitectSCADA 7.10 Login memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Schneider Electric CitectSCADA 7.10. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Login. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-5163. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Schneider Electric CitectSCADA 7.10 (SCADA Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Login. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in an unspecified third-party component in the Batch module for Schneider Electric CitectSCADA before 7.20 and Mitsubishi MX4 SCADA before 7.20 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a login sequence.

The weakness was disclosed 09/15/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-5163 since 09/15/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 7.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (76937†), Secunia (SA46779†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026306†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CitectSCADA 7.10

Timelineinfo

11/09/2011 🔍
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09/15/2012 +311 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +920 days 🔍
02/21/2019 +1430 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: schneider-electric.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-5163 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-5163
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62252
Secunia: 46779 - Schneider Electric CitectSCADA Batch Server Login Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 76937
SecurityTracker: 1026306

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/21/2019 10:12
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (51), 02/21/2019 10:12 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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