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Sicam A8000 Cp 8050 FirmwareOperating system · Siemens

CVE-2023-42797

HIGH · 7.2 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-01-09
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 05.20 or later.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability has been identified in CP-8031 MASTER MODULE (All versions < CPCI85 V05.20), CP-8050 MASTER MODULE (All versions < CPCI85 V05.20). The network configuration service of affected devices contains a flaw in the conversion of ipv4 addresses that could lead to an uninitialized variable being used in succeeding validation steps. By uploading specially crafted network configuration, an authenticated remote attacker could be able to inject commands that are executed on the device with root privileges during device startup.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-908

Memory or a resource is used before it has been initialised, so its contents are whatever happened to be there — sometimes leaking earlier data, sometimes values an attacker can influence. Behaviour becomes unpredictable and occasionally exploitable. Remediation is initialising every resource before use and ensuring initialisation happens on all code paths.

General guidance for the use of uninitialized resource class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Sicam A8000 Cp 8050 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:< 05.20
Sicam A8000 Cp 8031 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:< 05.20

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 05.20 or later
Fixed in 05.20
Vendor patch cert-portal.siemens.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

CPCI85 V05.20

  1. Identify the exact model of the affected device (CP-8031 or CP-8050 MASTER MODULE)
  2. Determine the current firmware version installed on the device
  3. Download the firmware update CPCI85 V05.20 or later from the official Siemens support portal or via the security advisory at https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-583634.pdf
  4. Review the firmware upgrade instructions in the Siemens product documentation before proceeding
  5. Apply the firmware upgrade following the vendor's recommended procedures, ensuring stable power during the update process
  6. After upgrading, verify that the firmware version has been successfully updated to CPCI85 V05.20 or higher
  7. Confirm that the network configuration service is functioning correctly post-upgrade

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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