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ICSA-24-137-11: Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808 ↗ source

May 16, 2024 CISA ICS Advisory

Summary

Nozomi Networks has published information on vulnerabilities in Nozomi Guardian/CMC before 23.4.1. This advisory lists the related Siemens Industrial products affected by these vulnerabilities. Siemens has released a new version for RUGGEDCOM APE1808 and recommends to update to the latest version. Customers are advised to consult and implement the workarounds provided in Nozomi Network's upstream security notifications. CVE-2023-6916: Audit records for OpenAPI requests may include sensitive information. This could lead to unauthorized accesses and privilege escalation. CVE-2024-0218: A Denial of Service (Dos) vulnerability in Nozomi Networks Guardian, caused by improper input validation in certain fields used in the Radius parsing functionality of our IDS, allows an unauthenticated attacker sending specially crafted malformed network packets to cause the IDS module to stop updating nodes, links, and assets. Network traffic may not be analyzed until the IDS module is restarted.

Advisory Details CISA ICS CSAF feed

Advisory ID
ICSA-24-137-11
Status
Final · version 1
Initial release
2024-05-14
Last revised
2024-05-14
Vendor
Siemens
Critical infrastructure sectors
Multiple
Deployed
Worldwide
Vendor headquarters
Germany

Republished vendor advisory. This CISA CSAF advisory was converted from Siemens ProductCERT's CSAF advisory.

General Recommendations: As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals. Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity

Additional Resources: For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories

Credit: Siemens ProductCERT

Affected products (2)
  • RUGGEDCOM APE1808LNX (6GK6015-0AL20-0GH0) — <with_Nozomi_Guardian_/_CMC_23.4.1
  • RUGGEDCOM APE1808LNX CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GH1) — <with_Nozomi_Guardian_/_CMC_23.4.1

From CISA's machine-readable CSAF 2.0 advisory (JSON).

Vulnerabilities as Stated by the Advisory

CVEWeaknessCVSS v3Details
CVE-2024-0218 CWE-20 Improper Input Validation 7.5 High CVE-2024-0218
A Denial of Service (Dos) vulnerability in Nozomi Networks Guardian, caused by improper input validation in certain fields used in the Radius parsing functionality of our IDS, allows an unauthenticated attacker sending specially crafted malformed network packets to cause the IDS module to stop updating nodes, links, and assets. Network traffic may not be analyzed until the IDS module is restarted.

Vendor fix: Upgrade Nozomi Guardian / CMC to V23.4.1. Contact customer support to receive patch and update information.

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • RUGGEDCOM APE1808LNX (6GK6015-0AL20-0GH0) <with_Nozomi_Guardian_/_CMC_23.4.1
  • RUGGEDCOM APE1808LNX CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GH1) <with_Nozomi_Guardian_/_CMC_23.4.1
CVE-2023-6916 CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials 7.2 High CVE-2023-6916
Audit records for OpenAPI requests may include sensitive information. This could lead to unauthorized accesses and privilege escalation.

Mitigation: Create specific users for OpenAPI usage, with minimal permissions. Limit API keys to allowed IP addresses. Regenerate existing API keys periodically and to review sign-ins via API keys in the audit records

Vendor fix: Upgrade Nozomi Guardian / CMC to V23.4.1. Contact customer support to receive patch and update information.

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • RUGGEDCOM APE1808LNX (6GK6015-0AL20-0GH0) <with_Nozomi_Guardian_/_CMC_23.4.1
  • RUGGEDCOM APE1808LNX CC (6GK6015-0AL20-0GH1) <with_Nozomi_Guardian_/_CMC_23.4.1

Scores and weakness types are as CISA or the republishing vendor stated them in this advisory; the linked CVE pages carry the independently enriched CVSS and SSVC assessments.

News Coverage

No coverage found in monitored research blogs or news feeds.

CVEs Referenced in This Publication

CVECVSSAffected
CVE-2024-0218 7.5 High Nozomi Networks Guardian A Denial of Service (Dos) vulnerability in Nozomi Networks Guardian, caused by improper input validation in certain fields used in the Radius parsing…
CVE-2023-6916 7.2 High Nozomi Networks Guardian Audit records for OpenAPI requests may include sensitive information. This could lead to unauthorized accesses and privilege escalation.

Named by the advisory itself. Each CVE links to its tracked detail page.

Vendors Named in This Publication

Each vendor links to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog page. Only vendors that appear in the KEV catalog are listed, either because the publication cites one of their KEV entries or because it names them directly.