# CVE-2013-6142: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Schneider Electric ClearSCADA DNP3 drivers by sending malformed IP packets that trigger excessive event journaling.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7wq9-7x8g-43xg

## What is CVE-2013-6142?

CVE-2013-6142 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

DNP3Driver.exe in the DNP3 driver in Schneider Electric ClearSCADA 2010 R2 through 2010 R3.1 and SCADA Expert ClearSCADA 2013 R1 through 2013 R1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via IP packets containing errors that trigger event-journal messages.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6142?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Aveva Clearscada.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-6142?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6142 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-6142 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2011-3143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3143/): Use after free in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-6021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6021/): Denial of service in ClearSCADA (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-9962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9962/): Memory corruption in ClearSCADA (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2014-0779](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0779/): Memory corruption in ClearSCADA (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2014-5412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5412/): Schneider Electric SCADA Expert ClearSCADA Improper Authentication (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-6142 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-6142 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6142 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6142/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6142/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6142
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6142
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-6142

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