CVE-2023-48429 Denial of service in SINEC INS
A malicious admin can crash the SINEC INS server by sending a crafted request with unchecked parameter lengths, causing a restart.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-48429?
CVE-2023-48429 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Siemens SINEC INS, published on 12 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC INS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 2). The Web UI of affected devices does not check the length of parameters in certain conditions. This allows a malicious admin to crash the server by sending a crafted request to the server. The server will automatically restart.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-48429?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Siemens Sinec Ins.
How do I fix CVE-2023-48429?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-48429 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-48429 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-48429 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-hf2c-2hx8-m89f.