CVE-2023-2778
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2023-06-13
- WeaknessCWE-400
Am I affected?
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Description
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Transaction Manager. This vulnerability can be exploited by sending a modified packet to port 400. If exploited, the application could potentially crash or experience a high CPU or memory usage condition, causing intermittent application functionality issues. The application would need to be restarted to recover from the DoS.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2023-06-1321:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-2778?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-2778?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.10 | ≤ 13.10 | no fix published | NVD |
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
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
FactoryTalk Transaction Manager: <= 13.10
Fix
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-23-164-04 · 1 productFactoryTalk Transaction Manager: v13.00 Security Patch
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-23-164-04 · 1 productFactoryTalk Transaction Manager: v13.10 Security Patch
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-23-164-04 · 1 productRockwell Automation encourages affected software users to install one of the following security patches to address the associated risk:
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-23-164-04 · 1 productUsers who are unable to update are directed towards the risk mitigation strategies provided below and are encouraged, when possible, to implement Rockwell Automation's suggested security best practices to minimize the risk.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-23-164-04 · 1 productUsers should follow the instructions in the Knowledgebase article BF29042 to install the patch to mitigate the issue.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-23-164-04 · 1 productSecurity Best Practices.
Advisories and patches
- rockwellautomation.custhelp.comVendor Advisory
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
- 2023-06-13
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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