CVE-2019-10953
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2019-04-17
- WeaknessCWE-400 · CWE-770
Am I affected?
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Description
ABB, Phoenix Contact, Schneider Electric, Siemens, WAGO - Programmable Logic Controllers, multiple versions. Researchers have found some controllers are susceptible to a denial-of-service attack due to a flood of network packets.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2019-04-1715:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.10 | < 1.10.0.0 | 1.10.0.0 | NVD |
7 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
PLC Cycle Time Influences (Update A)
WAGO 750-889 Controller: KNX IP · Phoenix Contact: ILC 191 ETH 2TX · Siemens: 6ES7211-1AE40-0XB0 Simatic S7-1211 · +8 more
Fix
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-19-106-03 · 11 productsPLC vendors have responded to queries about this report with the following mitigations:
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-19-106-03 · 11 productsABB concludes the reported behavior is not a vulnerability but is due to a misconfiguration of the PLC watchdog, which was left in the default factory settings. This has led to a configuration that does not match the expectations expressed in the test cases and the result is the PLC not reacting as…
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-19-106-03 · 11 productsPhoenix Contact acknowledges this as a known, won 't fix issue for old products. Currently available products provide countermeasures to mitigate the impact on the safety-related functionality. Phoenix Contact urges users to adhere to theApplication note 107913_en_01.
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-19-106-03 · 11 productsMore information can be found in the VDE CERT advisory.
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-19-106-03 · 11 productsFixes are available in the Modicon M221 firmware v1.10.0.0 and the EcoStruxure Machine Expert - Basic v1.0 software (formerly SoMachine Basic) using either of the following options:Use this link to download the Machine Expert Basic software.
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-19-106-03 · 11 productsOr run the Schneider Electric Software Update tool in order to download and install EcoStruxure Machine Expert - Basic v1.0 software.
Advisories and patches
- ics-cert.us-cert.govMitigation
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Published
- 2019-04-17
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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