CVE-2024-33498 Denial of service in SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager
Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending crafted packets that exhaust memory, crashing the SIMATIC RTLS service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-33498?
CVE-2024-33498 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Siemens SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager, published on 14 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33498?
How do I fix CVE-2024-33498?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33498 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-2024-33498 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33498 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mfm7-692q-j824.