# CVE-2017-12090: Denial of service in Allen Bradley

> A remote attacker can cause a power cycle and downtime on Allen Bradley Micrologix 1400 devices by sending a specially crafted SNMP set request.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qjvr-cgcx-rp8g

## What is CVE-2017-12090?

CVE-2017-12090 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Talos Allen Bradley, published on 5 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the processing of snmp-set commands of the Allen Bradley Micrologix 1400 Series B FRN 21.2 and below. A specially crafted snmp-set request, when sent without associated firmware flashing snmp-set commands, can cause a device power cycle resulting in downtime for the device. An attacker can send one packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12090?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Micrologix 1400 B Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-12090?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12090 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-12090 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12090 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Talos Allen Bradley

- [CVE-2017-14462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14462/): Missing authorization in Allen Bradley (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-14463](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14463/): Missing authorization in Allen Bradley (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-14464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14464/): Missing authorization in Allen Bradley (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-14465](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14465/): Missing authorization in Allen Bradley (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-14466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14466/): Missing authorization in Allen Bradley (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12090 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-12090 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Talos Allen Bradley, published on 5 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12090 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Talos Allen Bradley. 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-2017-12090/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12090/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12090
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12090
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12090

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12090/
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